INAZAWA, Aichi -- Some 7,980 men in loincloths fiercely jostled to touch the "lucky man" during the recently held Konomiya Naked Festival at a Shinto shrine in this central Japan city. This ...

Said to be founded 2,300 years ago in 282 BCE, Aso Jinja is one of Japan’s most prestigious shrines.

The Government of Japan has awarded Uganda 27 ambulances and five firetrucks with the aim of strengthening the emergency and disaster response systems in the country. ;The donation worth shillings 2.9 ...

The Koumano Kodo pilgrimage trail is home to some of Japan's most spiritual sites with temples, shrines and beautiful forests.

About 70% of people in Japan have similar nonreligious feelings ... On a recent weekend at Onoterusaki Jinja, a 9th century Tokyo shrine that is part of a broader Shinto history, people came ...

Titled “Masterpiece Swords, Sacred Treasures and Ritual Implements of Nikko Futarasan jinja shrine,” the exhibition ... “I selected precious pieces from one of Japan’s five major ...