Nestled in the Nagano Prefecture, Togakushi Shrine is a serene and sacred destination. It lies at the foot of the majestic ...

Nestled in the Nagano Prefecture, Togakushi Shrine is a serene and sacred destination. It lies at the foot of the majestic ...

A Shinto shrine in Japan's western prefecture of Fukuoka has held a traditional ritual of collecting seaweed from the ocean and offering it before an altar to pray for navigational safety and a large ...

As far as Shinto shrines go (there are about 400 in Kyoto), this one is pretty special. Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari ...

SHIMOSUWA, Nagano -- A rare Shinto "porridge ritual" to predict the ... shinji" porridge ritual at Suwa Taisha's Shimosha Harumiya shrine in Shimosuwa, Nagano Prefecture, Jan.

Shrine parishioners throw icy cold water on themselves during the annual cold-endurance festival at Kanda Myojin Shinto shrine in Tokyo, on Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) TOKYO (AP ...

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.

The gig has taken Ned Rozell on adventures across Alaska, from Mount Katmai to the Nogahabara Dunes and Kiska Island.