Torii gates serve as sacred markers at Shinto shrines, symbolizing the transition from the mundane world to the sacred. The police launched an investigation after the damage was discovered.

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 ...

Shinto is the native religious tradition of Japan. I think it's easy to see visual signs of it throughout Japan, from the shrines (jinja) to the gates (torii). But what I was interested in finding out ...

Almost weekly Momo Nomura makes time to visit Shinto shrines. She performs the prescribed rituals — cleansing her hands, ringing a bell, bowing and clapping. But her main purpose is getting a ...

The earthquake and tsunami had damaged over 4,000 Shinto shrines, small and large, and all had at least one Torii gate. To make things even harder, the coastal region still looked as if the ...

A Shinto ritual was performed to mark the ... as its "goshintai" object of worship and the rails for its torii gate. "The shrine may protect worshippers from traffic accidents and bring good ...

Shinto shrines abound in Japan, and most Japanese take part in one or another Shinto ceremony over the course of a year. Although Shinto is not a missionary religion, Shinto now has an international ...

The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion ... When entering the shrine, you'll first see the Torii, or the shrine's large archway. It's traditional to bow once entering, then ...

There are religions that put their believers' faith to the test with harsh trials. On a mountain in Japan, that test is not ...

Shrine parishioners throw icy cold water on themselves during the annual cold-endurance festival at Kanda Myojin Shinto shrine in Tokyo, on Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) TOKYO (AP ...