Kinkaku-ji is one of the shrines in Japan, also known as the Golden Pavilion. (Photo: Klook SG) In Japan, the two main religions are Shinto and Buddhism as most Japanese consider themselves Buddhist, ...

It’s often said that every Japanese person hopes to visit Ise Jingu—Japan’s most sacred Shintō shrine—at least once in a lifetime. That time may be now. The shrine has just entered Shikinen Sengu, a ...

The fire destroyed a treasure in the south of Japan.

The flame, which spiritual leaders say has been continuously lit for more than 1,200 years, was salvaged after the blaze and ...

ISE, Japan — Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests keep watch as woodsmen dressed in ceremonial white chop their axes into two ancient cypress trees, timing their swings so that ...

Japan's shrine culture holds secrets that even frequent visitors rarely discover. Behind the serene torii gates and meticulously raked gravel paths lies a tradition so ancient and complex that it ...

ISE, Japan — Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests keep watch as woodsmen dressed in ceremonial white chop their axes into two ancient cypress trees, timing their swings so that ...

TOKYO – 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 ...

Yasukuni Shrine, located in Tokyo, Japan, is dedicated to over 2,466,000 Japanese soldiers and servicemen who died fighting ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — Almost weekly Momo Nomura makes ...