I went to the ‘seventh ring of hell’ and loved every minute
I visited the Japanese city amid government crackdowns on ‘paparazzi tourists’ who harass working geishas. Parts of the ...
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Japan's Meiji Jingu shrine hosts thousands during annual dedication
Meiji Jingu is a Shinto shrine and located in a forested area in the heart of Tokyo. Related World's oldest-living person dies in Japan at 116 New Year's Eve celebrations ring in 2025 around the ...
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In secular Japan, what draws so many to temples and shrines? Stamp collecting and tradition
ring Buddhist temple bells on New Year’s Eve, and hours later go to Shinto shrines to celebrate the New Year. During other seasons, Japanese flock to Buddhist Bon dances and Shinto-related ...
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Shrine workers protest Shinto body’s anti-LGBT pamphlet
The Shinto Association of Spiritual Leadership was formed in 1969 as an affiliate of the Association of Shinto Shrines, an influential group representing about 80,000 shrines nationwide.
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Information on Shinto
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 ...
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Aso Jinja: A Shinto Shrine Rises from the Rubble
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.