Japanese Ommyodo developed in a unique way under the reciprocal influence of Shinto while adopting the various arts and skills from Taoism, introduced into Japan together with Ommyodo; they include Katatagae (practice of reaching a destination taking a different direction than going directly from one's house by putting up somewhere the night before), Monoimi (fasting, abstinence, and confinement to one's house on an unlucky day), Henbai (special footsteps in the art of Japanese public entertainment, believed to have magical powers), Taizanfukunnsai (a spirit exchange ritual), Fusuisetu, and Jukondo (an art of medicine).
日本の陰陽道は、陰陽道と同時に伝わってきた道教の方術に由来する方違え、物忌、反閇などの呪術や、泰山府君祭などの道教的な神に対する祭礼、さらに土地の吉凶に関する風水説や、医術の一種であった呪禁道なども取り入れ、日本の神道と相互に影響を受けあいながら独自の発展を遂げた。