What is Shintai?
[[File:Kayashima_shrine_-_panoramio_(1).jpg|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kayashima_shrine_-_panoramio_(1).jpg|thumb|[[Camphor]] [[Shinboku|sacred tree]] with shrine at the base at Kayashima Station]] Shintai is a word used in Shinto to refer to an object that a [[kami]] resides in.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shintai {{!}} Shintō {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/shintai|access-date=2023-04-12|website=www.britannica.com|language=en}}</ref> Examples include * [[Shinboku]] * [[Iwakura]] * [[Kannabi]] A [[yorishiro]] is something which is invited to have a kami enter but does not yet have one in it. == Example == In recent times a 700 year old tree was going to be cut down for a rail line. The people protested because they believed a kami lived inside it. So the city built a train station around it.<ref>{{Cite web|date=27 January 2017|title=Japanese Train Station Protectively Built Around a 700-Year-Old Tree|url=https://mymodernmet.com/kayashima-station-camphor-tree/}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{shinto shrines}} [[Category:Shinto religious objects]] {{stub}}