The exploration begins in Tokyo, a bustling metropolis that, amidst its skyscrapers, harbors some of Japan’s most significant ...

We soon learned it was a spirit of a Japanese soldier.” Dorsey said a Lakota elder in his community suggested he contact a Shinto priest, who explained the significance and meaning behind the ...

Shinto is Japan’s indigenous religion that goes back ... said Minoru Sonoda, the chief priest of the Chichibu Shrine and a former Kyoto University professor of religious studies.

Japanese critics say the video game from French developer Ubisoft distorts history and disrespects sacred sites.

Japanese Funerals (sogi) follow centuries-old traditions influenced by Buddhism and cultural beliefs about life and death. These solemn ceremonies emphasize deep respect for the deceased and their ...

"Part of the charm is the variance from tank to tank," he says. Like a good whiskey drinker, Izumi has built a library of ...

Kaitlyn Ugoretz is an expert on Shinto religion at the Nanzan Institute of Religion and Culture in ... Rev. Takafumi Kawakami is the head priest the Shunkoin Temple in Kyoto, Japan.Matthew Bell/The ...

Among Japan's sake makers ... and we huddled under umbrellas as a Shinto priest intoned before a shrine laden with offerings: carrots, oranges, rice cakes, a whole fish. He was asking for success ...

After a Shinto priest recited a prayer ... began in 2001 after the Tokushima Prefecture town of Katsuura in west Japan donated 7,000 hina dolls for the event. This year, an exhibition at the ...

Baldwin Beach Park and much of the surrounding land used to be owned by Maui’s Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company, or HC&S, ...