Almost weekly Momo Nomura makes time to visit Shinto shrines. She performs the prescribed rituals — cleansing her hands, ringing a bell, bowing and clapping. But her main purpose is getting a ...

A trick called Under the Bridle in the Kakeuma Shinji A trick called Repelling Arrows in the Kakeuma Shinji They were regarded with awe, and rituals involving them date back to around a millennium.

The Japanese Shinto religion is expressed to have “eight million gods”, or an abundance of gods too diverse to count. Today, Japanese spirituality is a melding of myriad cultures in a uniquely ...

Mostly half-naked men with just white loincloth around their hips and several women in white robes joined the annual cold endurance ritual at the Kanda Myojin, a Shinto shrine in downtown Tokyo.

He sent the ceremonial implement for Shinto rituals under the name of “Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.” Yasukuni Shrine memorializes people who gave their lives for the country, including 14 ...

making reference to the centrality of women within Shinto beliefs. Dr Amanda Foreman discusses how Shinto merged with Buddhism in Japan and makes particular reference to the centrality of women ...

Alcoholic drinks have long played a vital role in Japanese culture, such as in Shinto rituals and festivals. Join us as we review the story, learn about the essential ingredient that is koji and ...

The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion) shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. Japanese history credits Meiji for modernizing Japan by incorporating Western ...