During other seasons, Japanese flock to Buddhist Bon dances and Shinto-related festivals involving “mikoshi,” or portable shrines. “In Japan, faith is not considered an important element of ...

In spite of the fact that homebrewing is still illegal, the Japanese government allowed for inns and restaurants in special ...

Members of sexual minorities working at Shinto shrines took to social media to ... Gakuin University in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan. “People are not born homosexual. It is an acquired ...

Shinto shrines are places of worship and the dwellings of the kami, the Shinto Gods,' Japan-Guide.com previously wrote. 'Torii gates mark the approach and entrance to a shrine.' Amidst the fury ...

The government of Chile needs to apologize to Japan!” a netizen wrote ... arches typically placed at the entrance of Shinto ...

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Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari, the Shinto deity of rice and sake (Japanese rice wine). The shrine complex dates back ...

Torii gates are traditionally found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine to mark ... s “courage” for apologising for the shrine stunt. One Japanese social media user commented ...

He is unlikely to visit the Shinto shrine, which is regarded by neighboring countries as a symbol of Japan's past militarism as it honors Class-A war criminals along with the war dead, during the ...

a symbolic gateway marking the entrance to a Shinto temple. Pérez performs her routine at the Torri, a gateway at Japanese shrines that’s often seen as the border between the spirit and the ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba only made a ritual masakaki tree offering to the Shinto shrine, which is regarded as a symbol of Japan's past militarism by neighboring countries as it honors Class-A ...