A unique Shinto ritual predicting the fortune of the year based on mold growth on okayu rice porridge was held at Chiriku ...

Unlike in most nations, where janitors or custodians clean, Japanese students personally clean their classrooms, corridors, ...

Many have spent years studying and teaching Japanese anime, exploring how its narratives intertwine with cultural, ...

In the fall of 2020, the town of Tsushima’s Watazumi Shrine was damaged by a typhoon that struck the area, destroying one of its torii gates that rises out of the bay waters adjacent to the shrine. In ...

Mugen Train’ blends Buddhist impermanence, Shinto philosophy and samurai ethics into a lesson on courage and suffering.

The course will commence on April 1, 2025, with three-month, six-month, and annual options available. Online admissions will ...

A Prayer For Omi main quest is one of the story missions in Assassin's Creed Shadows you'll come across during the 10th ...

The boat tour season here opened in March, taking passengers through an ancient pilgrimage route that offers spectacular ...

Built in 1920, this revered Shinto shrine in Tokyo sees around 3 million visitors every year. Despite this, it's an oasis of ...

A look into the larger world of sumo is what playwright Lisa Sanaye Dring puts before us in her new play "SUMO," at the ...

The global hit anime “Demon Slayer” (known in Japan as “Kimetsu no Yaiba”) is approaching its conclusion. The final story arc ...

The controversy erupted after a promotional video showed players in the game destroying the interior of Itatehyozu Shrine, an ...