Kamidana, household Shinto shrine

Present in traditional houses as well as in modern homes, in stores, restaurants or in martial art dojos, kamidana is a place dedicated to kami, the Shinto gods.

Kami-dana means "god-shelf", and as the name suggests, it is a shelf placed high on the wall, displaying sacred objects, a shimenawa twisted rice straw rope, sometimes some offerings such as food, water, sake, and shrubs of sakaki, an evergreen sacred tree.