Fourteen gorgeous floats recently paraded through the streets to lively calls and music during Karatsu Kunchi, the autumn ...

Our first night’s supper sets the tone for the week. It’s chanko-nabe, a hotpot loaded with chicken, tofu, noodles, cabbage and bean sprouts, beloved by sumo wrestlers for bulking up. On this Sunday ...

Secular Shrine Theory or Jinja hishūkyōron (神社非宗教論) was a religious policy and political theory that arose in Japan during the 19th and early 20th centuries Modern system of ranked Shinto shrines ...

On the slope of the mountain behind the shrine's grounds, there are approximately 300 weeping plum trees. Tagata Shrine- is a Shinto shrine located in Komaki City, Aichi Prefecture. Unlike Ogata ...

At the Gou Jinja Shinto Shrine, fans of Japanese figures skaters are praying for their victory at the PyeongChang Olympics. In Japan, it is tradition to pray for athletes, “sporting gods”, ahead of ...

The gateway to Mt. Fuji, this shrine lets you purify body and mind in an atmosphere both solemn and cooling (you might even get a chance to see Shinto ceremonies like festivals, benedictions, or ...

A Shinto priest blessed a life-size RX-78F00 — Japan’s latest Gundam replica — just before Bandai Namco completed its assembly on Yumeshima Island in Osaka City on Wednesday. A video shows ...

The footage depicted Perez using a Torii, a traditional gate that marks the entrance to Shinto shrines, as a piece of gym equipment while performing pull-ups. As she swung her legs to the tune of ...

Torii, although at first glance they appear to be simple structures, are a sacred gate or traditional arch that is usually placed at the entrance of Shinto shrines to mark the border between ...