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Kibitsu Shrine
Okayama Prefecture is said to be the birthplace of Momotaro, the protagonist of Japan’s most famous folktale. Several local ...
A group calling itself “Shinto LGBTQ plus Liaison Council” posted a statement to this effect on Twitter on Nov. 14. A shrine worker in the Kansai region who identifies as non-binary played a ...
SHIMOSUWA, Nagano -- A rare Shinto "porridge ritual" to predict the ... ritual took place at Suwa Taisha's Shimosha Harumiya shrine in Shimosuwa, Nagano Prefecture, where this year's prediction ...
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.
We visit Mt. Mitake in western Tokyo, known for the Shinto shrine on its summit and sacred areas of virtually unspoiled nature. We learn about samurai devotees and the tradition of mountain worship.