For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its ...

Movies like Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and Princess Mononoke feature kami (Shinto deities), purification rituals, and reverence for nature, all central to Shinto beliefs.

The global hit anime “Demon Slayer” (known in Japan as “Kimetsu no Yaiba”) is approaching its conclusion. The final story arc ...

As far as Shinto shrines go (there are about 400 in Kyoto), this one is pretty special. Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari ...

In the fall of 2020, the town of Tsushima’s Watazumi Shrine was damaged by a typhoon that struck the area, destroying one of its torii gates that rises out of the bay waters adjacent to the shrine. In ...

Explore the significance of child cave paintings in Paleolithic culture and their spiritual connections to ancient ...

Author-Artist Mina Ikemoto Ghosh talks about the inspirations behind her unique and Brilliant fantasy novel Hyo the Hellmaker ...

A horse-led march is heralding the arrival of spring in a traditional Shinto festival in the disaster-hit Noto Peninsula, central Japan. The Keta Shinto shrine in Hakui City, Ishikawa Prefecture ...

Mugen Train’ blends Buddhist impermanence, Shinto philosophy and samurai ethics into a lesson on courage and suffering.

I have spent years studying and teaching Japanese anime , exploring how its narratives intertwine with cultural, ...