A rare Shinto "porridge ritual" to predict the state of society and harvests for the year was held from the night of Jan. 14 to early next morning, coinciding with the traditional lunar calendar New ...

Shrines received state support, and priests became government officials ... Since nearly all non-Christian weddings in Japan were traditionally Shinto ceremonies, shrines added wedding halls ...

A Shinto shrine in Japan's western prefecture of Fukuoka has held a traditional ritual of collecting seaweed from the ocean and offering it before an altar to pray for navigational safety and a large ...

Shinto is often described as Japan’s indigenous religion—but can it expand beyond Japan? While traditionally tied to Japanese culture, shrines, and national identity, modern practitioners argue that ...

In hotspots like Kyoto you sometimes have to queue for the queues, but escaping the country’s overtourism problem couldn’t be simpler ...

Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari, the Shinto deity of rice and sake (Japanese rice wine). The shrine complex dates back ...

TOKYO (AP) — Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water on Saturday in a pool at a Tokyo shrine ... and safe childbirth. Shinto is Japan’s Indigenous religion ...

A shrine representative ... over a traditional Japanese open hearth. The fire was lit using a wooden stick rubbed to create friction, a traditional method. Seven Shinto priests, including deputy ...