In anticipation of a massive earthquake hitting the capital, the Tokyo bureau of the Association of Shinto Shrines has stepped up efforts to establish a relay system to distribute relief supplies from ...

SHIMOSUWA, Nagano -- A rare Shinto "porridge ritual" to predict the state of society and harvests for the year was held from ...

Sword kits are usually found at Shrines of Honor deep within Tsushima, and players will want them if they want to get through ...

While Spain's headline trail now attracts up to half a million pilgrims a year, its twin is often uncrowded and offers a ...

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.

On the first day of my first trip to Japan, I hit my head on a doorway walking towards a talking toilet. This particular ...