For Buddhism, North America became another stop on the long road. Advertising Hawaii is a small exception. Shinto shrines proliferated there, Williams says, because groups of early immigrants came ...

Unlike many shrines, Kashihara Jingu is bare of paint. That absence of colour as well as the massive wooden pillars and ...

Why are there Buddhas hidden in some Shinto shrines ... Before entering the inner precinct, shrines and some temples have a temizuya, a small pavilion with sacred water for ritually cleansing ...

Festival promo trailer (+ poster) for Kazuhiro Sôda's doc The Cats of Gokogu Shrine, from YouTube: Full intro: "Gokogu is a small, ancient Shinto shrine in Ushimado, Japan (Google Maps).

ASAKURA, Fukuoka Prefecture--Instead of connecting with a higher power, a small Shinto shrine here is gaining popularity for its mythical ability to sever relationships. People flock to the ...

In April, the city council was presented with a proposal that would build a replica of a Japanese Shinto Shrine ... was part of a small group that tried to save the original shrine from demolition ...

Japan’s Indigenous religion of Shinto is largely rooted in animism ... more diverse and younger generations moving to cities, small shrines and temples in rural Japan struggle to survive ...

Small wooden plaques used to express wishes to gods have been hung up at Shinto shrines for centuries. But in the age of social media, some people are opting to cover what they have written using ...

Sakurayama Shrine, located in the center of Morioka, remains an essential part of daily life. This shrine, along with the ...