Shinto Shrine

Today is January 15th. Ayako,my wife, and I went to the Shinto Shrine for "Dondo yaki". It is a ritual in which we burn the ornaments such as a sacred rope, charms,etc., which had decorated the Shinto altar at home all through the previous year. The Tomakomai Shinto Shrine was so crowded with cars and people that it took us more than an hour to finish it. By the way,Buddhism and Shinto, and all the other religions co-exist in Japan. In my own house,there are two altars,one is Buddhist altar,the other Shinto altar. The situation of most Japanese families are the same. The Christians and Muslims can not understand. Japanese believe there are many gods in this world. We worship nature because we believe there are gods in the trees, in the mountains, in the ocean, and everything else. We believe Buddhism, and at the same time, believe Shinto. There is no antilogy. We can not understand why there are religious wars. Japan is a very peaceful society, isn't it?