Shintoism Today
Today Shintoism continues to be dominantly practiced in Japan. Due to a variety of factors, it is hard to gather census data about the number of Shinto adherents. One factor that makes the task difficult is the blending of Buddhist and Shinto ideas. Furthermore, due to the varying degrees with which Shintoism is practiced, some Japanese do not even consider themselves “Shinto”. The most accurate estimate claims that roughly 83% of the Japanese population practices Shintoism, with the number of adherents around 119 million