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Shinto and Buddhism are actually different religions. Zen Buddhism is a type of Buddhism. So you could be Shinto and a Zen Buddhist.
Shinto is the indigenous religion of Japan - but most people don't call themselves "Shinto" - to them it's just what they were taught when they were little and aren't aware it's a religion. Many of them don't know the word "Shinto." However, most Japanese believe in Buddhism AND Shinto. In certain times in history, Japanese emperors have outlawed combining the two religions, but many shrines/temples are both Shinto and Buddhist.
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