Only the Japanese can be Shinto.?

Is this true?

yes

no

"Shinto has been called "the religion of Japan", and the customs and values of Shinto are inseparable from those of Japanese culture."

Yes.

"No. We can also be Atheists, if we are to respect our early culture."

He meant can non-Japanese people become Shinto

No. We can also be Atheists, if we are to respect our early culture.

?SAYA?

Shinto is very much tied to Japan. Traditional Shinto doesn't make sense outside of a Japanese context.

But anyone can follow Shinto. Devotion to nature can happen anywhere. Practices like MSyogi be done anywhere. Shrines can be anywhere, and can be as small as a rock or as big as a mountain.

Most Japanese that practice Shintoism don't describe themselves as Shinto. It is a practice, an artistic view of the world, a reverence of nature and its inherent kami. It is these things more than it is a personal faith or belief.