Most funerals in Japan are held in a Buddhist style. Japan’s Indigenous religion of Shinto is largely rooted in animism, which believes there are thousands of “kami,” or spirits, inhabiting ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Faithfuls and tourists gathered around a pool at the Ise Jingu shrine to cleanse ...

Japanese cults often draw from ancient religious and philosophical traditions that have shaped the country’s history. Shinto, the indigenous religion, remained central to Japanese culture even after ...

Large shares in many middle-income countries say following the historically predominant religion is key to "true" national ...

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

which was cooked overnight 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 ...

NAMIE, Fukushima Prefecture--Shinto priest Nobuhiko Ise is not one ... which was damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent exposure to the elements, was finally torn down.

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.