KAMI NO MICHI

SHINTO which is roughly translated as THE WAY OF THE GODS WAS A PREHISTORIC,PRE-BUDDHIST form,which is not concerned with ethics and morals but which requires prayers, purifications and ceremonies(rituals and rites),all of which tend to center around birth and marriage, so that THERE IS NO JAPANESE WHO CANNOT CLAIM TO BE DESCENDED FROM THE GODS, and more importantly, especially for martial artists and Japanophiles, NO FOREIGNER THAT CAN BE.