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Religion

Bukkyo (Buddhism)

Butsudan (Buddhist family altars)

Daruma (Bodhidharma dolls)

Dosojin (Traveler's guardian deities)

Ema (Votive pictures of a horse)

Ennichi (Fairs)

Hatsumode (First temple or shrine visit of the New Year)

Jinja (Shinto shrines)

Kamidana (Shinto family altars)

Kannushi (Shinto priests)

Jikkan-Junishi (The ten calendar signs and the twelve horary signs)

Jizo-bosatsu (Guardian deity)

Juzu (Buddhist rosaries)

Kirisutokyo (Christianity)

Miyamairi (Newborn infant's shrine visit)

Oharai (Shinto purification)

Omamori (Talismans)

Omikuji (Written oracles)

Oni (Ogres)

On'yodo (Divination by the principles of Yin and Yang)

Saisen (Money offerings)

Shichifukujin (The seven gods of good luck)

Shimenawa (Sacred Shinto rope)

Shinbutsu-shugo (Shinto-Buddhist synthesis)

Shinto

Shukyo no shinja no kazu (The number of people who believe in religion)

So, Obo-san (Buddhist priests)

Tera (Buddhist temples)

Torii (Shinto shrine archways)

Torinoichi (Festival of the rooster)

Yakudoshi (Unlucky age)

Zenshu (Zen sect)