This is due to the fact that Shinto has different meanings in Japan most of the Japanese attend Shinto shrines and beseech kami without belonging to Shinto organisations, and since there are no formal rituals to become a member of folk Shinto, Shinto membership is often estimated counting those who join organised Shinto sects
"""शिंटो"" हा जपानमध्ये वेगवेगळ्या अर्थाच्या आधारावर आहे: जपानमधील बहुतेक शिंटो हे शिंटो संघटनांच्या सदस्य न बनता शिंटो विहारात (प्रार्थनास्थळ) येतात आणि ते ""शिंटो"" सदस्य होण्याचे औपचारिक नियतकालिक नाहीत."