I’m in Japan, about 90 minutes west of Osaka, and I’m staring at a living demi-goddess in really unusual footwear. To be a ...

The Japanese imperial family are believed to descend from the first Shinto gods, and with every generation ... bamboo grove and maple trees Credit: Alamy The foodie theme continues back in Osaka.

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 ...

The Kennedys have long fascinated the American public. An Irish American family whose political dynasty can be traced back to 1884, when Patrick Joseph “P.J.” Kennedy took office in the ...

It reminds us of all that is beautiful, all that is filled with the gentleness and the promise of God. It stands in our midst as a tree of light, that we might promise such beauty to one another ...

Set on 22 acres in the arid Alentejo region, the estate was designed by Portuguese architect Bartolomeu Costa Cabral as a ...

Cute animated tale with some mild peril and scary bugs.

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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, ...