Paper lightning bolts are pinned to a rope that ... “It is also a deity.” In the Japanese Shinto religion, parts of nature – the ocean, trees, rocks, rivers, mountains, animals, and ...

Since then, it has been rebuilt following fires from wars and lightning strikes ... It’s one of Japan’s most celebrated Shinto shrines and is especially significant for students who want ...

Also within in the complex is the Jishu Shrine, a red-lacquered temple dedicated to Okuninushi-no-mikoto, the Shinto god of love. Visitors who can successfully walk between two stones outside of ...

Image: Daikegoro / Pixta When the Shinto deities gather in Izumo, they stay at Izumo Taisha — one of Japan’s most culturally significant shrines and home to Okuninushi, the god of en-musubi. Here, ...

As far as Shinto shrines go (there are about 400 in Kyoto), this one is pretty special. Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari ...

Since last week’s newsletter offered a favorite argument for the existence of God, it’s only fair to balance the scales by considering a strong argument against religious faith, against the ...

There have been more than 10 million lightning strikes across Australia this year, including 7 million ground strikes. They are recorded by a network of lightning detection sensors that monitor ...

According to #traveltok, Kyoto is chaos. Perhaps you have seen the videos of tourists thrusting their smartphones at geisha as the women attempt, unsuccessfully, to shield their ivory faces.

DETROIT — The Lightning arrived at Little Caesars Arena Saturday hoping it would be the night they could start to build momentum on the road. They were weary, getting into Detroit around 2 a.m ...