Japan’s Shinto deities gather at Izumo Taisha during the ... Prayer etiquette at Izumo Taisha differs from other places of worship. Most Shinto shrines ask visitors to clap twice before praying, but ...

A walking tour of the Kiso Valley offers glimpses of the golden age of Japan’s great printmakers.

This tranquil walking route that takes in waterfalls, temples and hot springs is the perfect antidote to Japan’s overtourism, as John Kampfner discovers ...

Shinto is often described as the “soul of Japan” and literally translates ... religions and the way they preserve their places of worship. It turns out it is all about nature and rebirth ...

Followers of Shintoism, Japan’s indigenous religion, worship Kami – gods believed ... trader and witnessing a wedding ceremony at a Shinto shrine. Perhaps the most endearing moment came ...

Read more: Tokyo on two wheels – why you should experience Japan’s busiest city by bike Followers of Shintoism, Japan’s indigenous religion, worship ... ceremony at a Shinto shrine.

In 1614 Christianity was outlawed in Japan. Under the ... They camouflaged their worship by combining their Christian faith with elements of Buddhism and Shinto, creating a new hybrid version ...

Shinto sources insist that the emperor is a symbol of the nation and is not the Shinto high priest, an object of worship as in pre-war Japan.

People sit inside kamakura snow huts during a traditional event in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, which started Saturday. At ...

A Japanese Lutheran scholar, who qualified first as a Shinto priest, has said he became a Christian ... The church building, school, and museum now sit on land once dedicated to pagan worship! Third, ...