Outside Japan, acquaintance with kami is often made through Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki's animated movies where they are introduced with great poetry. These spiritual entities, like humans, have moods and can make good deeds as much as bad ones. The good and the evil are not opposed, and a deity can be both throughout its existence. A mortal who has accomplished great deeds, such as war generals or influential thinkers can be deified and worshiped. The Shinto shrines are usually called jinja and are places of worship for the Japanese and a residence to rest for the divine spirits. They can be found anywhere, nestled at a corner of a street in a city or sheltered under a whole forest. Most of the sites are home to several kami and there is a sanctuary hierarchy in Japan, with the 2 most important and sacred being Ise and Izumo. |||​