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 ...

Hie-jinja Shrine has a history of more than 600 years ... Various events featuring traditional Japanese music, flower arrangements and other themes are also held here. A three-minute walk from Akasaka ...

Shimane Prefecture — located in the southwest of Japan’s main island near Hiroshima Prefecture — is an off-the-beaten-path ...

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 ...

The head shrine ... in Japan, it has gained the faith of a wide range of people including imperial family members and regular citizens. The grounds cover Mt. Mikasa, and in addition to the main ...

Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari, the Shinto deity of rice and sake (Japanese rice wine). The shrine complex dates back ...

A scantily clad shrine parishioner throws icy cold water ... 18, 2025, a traditional Japanese way of purifying soul and praying for their health in the new year. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) ...

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 ...

Ishiba’s visit from Friday comes with promises of trade deals, increased defence spending and an invitation for Trump to make a state visit to Japan later this year, but experts warn that Trump ...