Welcome to the L8B! I am kind of fascinated with Tendai these days (see my recent post on Kiyomizudera), but also with Jodo Shu. The Shingon thing was short-lived, sad to say. Lately I started a practice of reciting the nembutsu a lot (1000 times+) based on what Honen taught, and this practice has so far stuck better than anything I’ve done so far, which is really encouraging. At the same time, I am fascinated with Tendai doctrine in general, given my periodic interest in the Lotus Sutra, and other things. So, I’d say for now that I seem to unwittingly be a Jodo Shu follower in terms of practice, but Tendai in terms of philosophical interest.

Whenever you find the time, you should read a bit about the practice of “kaihôgyô/gyôja” and within this “dôiri” (if you haven’t already, which wouldn’t make me wonder! ). Very impressive!
I just had the opportunity to visit the “sannô-festival” in Hiei-jinja here in Tokyo. I guess it is not very much as impressive as in Kyoto, but anyway… very interesting!

Furthermore I read about your sepperation from jôdo shinshû and turn to shingon-shû.
I just wanted to whish you good luck on this new path. And don’t worry about the zen, meditation should be a part of your practice, too, in every esoteric school, I guess.