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 ...

Shinto shrines abound in Japan, and most Japanese take part in one or another Shinto ceremony over the course of a year. Although Shinto is not a missionary religion, Shinto now has an international ...

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 ...

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.

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

This short film offers an introduction to Shinto, making reference to the centrality of women within Shinto beliefs. Dr Amanda Foreman discusses how Shinto merged with Buddhism in Japan and makes ...

For instance, Japanese Shinto religion emphasises the spiritual in either living things (trees) or natural phenomena — some may even acknowledge that a clothes washing machine has a soul and you ...

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 ...