Japan's culture and history includes a variety of ancient Japanese legends from the Shinto faith

Japan has a fascinating history and the Shinto faith added many ancient legends to Japanese culture.In Shinto every natural element, animate or inanimate, has a kami or spirit with an abundance of the world's animals, or indeed vegetation, possessing kami and descended from the Japanese deities.

Check out my article on Suite for a peek into legends relative to Japanese creation, Mount Fuji, and stories about the Japanese sun goddess Amaterasu.