A shrine parishioner throws icy cold water on himself during the annual cold-endurance festival at Kanda Myojin Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, a traditional Japanese way of purifying ...

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NIKAHO, Akita -- Large cod were carried in procession and dedicated to a local Shinto shrine in this northern Japan city Feb. 4 in a unique festival traditionally held around the first day of ...

SEOUL--South Korea on Sunday protested Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine with "deep disappointment" and urged Japanese leaders to show repentance for the ...

Yushima Tenmangu shrine in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward enshrines Sugawara no Michizane, known as the "god of studies." Before the entrance exam ... are written on the ema. Japanese original Easy Japanese ...

The Shinto shrine, which honors 14 Class-A war criminals from World War II along with the nation’s war dead, is often seen by China and other Asian countries as a symbol of Japan’s past ...

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TOKYO (AP) — Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water on Saturday in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese tradition to purify the soul and pray for ...

Across Japan, there are now a total of 3,770 female priests at about 78,000 shrines belonging to the association, making up about 20% of all priests. It is not clear why there were no female priests ...

Hie-jinja Shrine has a history of more than 600 years. The Sanno Festival, one of the three biggest Japanese festivals, is held in June. Hie Shrine is a prestigious shrine which had received offerings ...