Almost weekly Momo Nomura makes time to visit Shinto shrines. She performs the prescribed rituals — cleansing her hands, ringing a bell, bowing and clapping. But her main purpose is getting a ...

HITACHINAKA, Ibaraki Prefecture--A retired railcar has made its debut as a unique Shinto shrine on unused tracks on Hitachinaka Seaside Railway Co.'s Minato Line here. A Shinto ritual was ...

This time we introduce "Aso Jinja: A Shinto Shrine Rises from the Rubble," which presents the recovery project of Aso Jinja, a Shinto shrine destroyed in the Kumamoto earthquake in 2016.

This shrine in Kumamoto Pref. was razed in the 2016 earthquake. The seven-year restoration fused traditional craftsmanship with the latest technology. It had a magnitude of 7.3 and a reading of 7 ...

As far as Shinto shrines go (there are about 400 in Kyoto ... quiet coupled with the fading light filtering through the trees and torii gates makes for an eerie and spiritual experience.

Kamigamo Shrine is often ranked in importance after the Ise and Izumo Shrines (these latter being dedicated to the Sun Goddess, Amaterasu, and her miscreant brother, Susano-O no Mikoto). Early ...

While Spain's headline trail now attracts up to half a million pilgrims a year, its twin is often uncrowded and offers a ...

The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion ... That's because 100,000 of the trees standing were all donated by Japanese people from around the country as a thank you to the emperor.

The shinto shrine is home to about 300 plum trees, and most of them are around 70 to 80 years old. Approximately 80 percent of them produce white plum blossoms. You’ll also find a number of ...

SHIMOSUWA, Nagano -- A rare Shinto "porridge ritual" to predict the ... shinji" porridge ritual at Suwa Taisha's Shimosha Harumiya shrine in Shimosuwa, Nagano Prefecture, Jan.