“It looks like it will die,” Nishibori said of the cherry tree, “but it’s not going to die. The next spring, there will be ...

I wanted to make a point of placing the monsters within the daily life of Tokyo,” says the photographer Tess Ayano, who spent ...

As far as Shinto shrines go (there are about 400 in Kyoto ... Most visitors come for the close to 10,000 red and orange lacquered torii gates that line the 2 ½-mile-long path up Mount Inari ...

Hans Sautter / Aurora Select A traditional gateway, or torii, marks the threshold to the Shinto shrine Izumo-taisha, where all eight million spirit gods are believed to convene in October.

The Hakone Shrine with its vermillion-lacquered torii (Shinto shrine archway) and its Japanese cedars is a shrine with a holy presence that tells you about history The Hakone Shrine is worshipped in ...

Instead, Ishiba plans to make a ritual "masakaki" tree offering to the Shinto shrine as he did during its autumn festival in October. The spring festival is scheduled for Monday through Wednesday.

The Shrine is an Outer Room in Blue Prince that’ll provide you with a blessing at the cost of some of your gold coins. Shrine blessings are powerful boons that will assist you as you’re ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has decided not to visit the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, a site that has long been a source of diplomatic friction with Japan's neighbors, during its spring festival next ...

death and resurrection of Jesus Christ across as many locations as they can as an undertaking both physical and deeply spiritual. One destination stands out this year for its profound symbolism and ...

one widely shared video in which a creator raged about the game allowing him to smash up a Shinto shrine was widely ridiculed by commenters, who pointed out rather reasonably that the creator ...