minzoku shintô, NEO- or otherwise, isn't about believing or faith. I don't have to believe in you for you to exist, and the same is true of kami. I experience you and I experience kami.

minzoku shintô is all about practices. My experiences lead me to engage in certain practices and not engage in others.

• I avoid pollution when I can, and perform purification rites when I can't.
• I do misogi daily, not only at the hokora, but also at the sink and in the shower.
• I honor my ancestors daily at the butsudan in the hokora, and at the small shrine in the kitchen.
• I make offerings to the kami, the hotoke, and the Ancestors.
• I say "itadakimasu" ((For what) I am about to receive) at the beginning of meals and "gochisô sama deshita" (It was an honorable feast) at the end.