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.

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.

One of these features is the Shrines, and how you can use them to assist you in healing. Recommended Videos When you interact with a Shrine, they’re designed to replenish your medkits.

Players in colorful costumes have staged an ancient ball-kicking game called "kemari" as part of a New Year ritual at a Shinto shrine in Kyoto. "Kemari" was popular among Japanese noblemen in the ...

Here are our top picks to start 2025 on the right foot. According to local legend, a blacksmith from Kyoto was looking to forge a sword for the emperor and discovered the pure waters surrounding the ...

14, 1975. Now, 50 years later, the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland, has begun its yearlong celebration honoring the anniversary of the saint’s canonization.

There are shrines to sacred serpents everywhere in Japan. A visit to such a shrine may bring prosperity in the coming year. In ancient times, Sakurai in Nara Prefecture was the seat of the ...

As you explore Hyrule and the Sky Islands, locating and beating Shrines will become another part of your journey. Shrines serve the same purpose in TotK as they did in BotW, acting as trials to ...