Kamigamo's deity, Kamo Wakeikazuchi-no-Kami, is believed to reside primarily in a rock on Koyama Hill, some distance from the shrine. The origin myth of this deity states he is the son of Princess ...

The Onabare festival is a 300-year-old folk cultural property in Kami, Kochi Prefecture. A portable shrine is paraded through the streets, with dancing and other performances taking place along ...

Shinto is Japan’s indigenous spiritual tradition, but unlike most religions, it has no single founder, sacred text, or strict doctrines. Instead, it revolves around the veneration of Kami—divine ...

A third deity, Shiotsuchi-no-Oji-no-Kami, saw to it that the district in which Shiogama Shrine stands is safe and at peace. The guide said with grave authority that this shrine is extraordinary as ...