Babies from across Japan were brought to a Shinto shrine in Kyoto Prefecture for a ritual sumo bout with an invisible deity.

When you hear the word "Shinto," what kind of image comes to mind?In fact, the word "Shinto" was not named because a founder ...

If you go to a shrine, there is a torii gate. There is a worship hall, and a deity is enshrined there.If you go to a temple, there is a Buddhist statue, and a monk chants sutras.For us today, the ...

American Kit Cox, 35, works as an electrical engineer and enjoys biking and playing piano. But what some might consider surprising about Cox, who was raised as Methodist, is that she practices the ...

KYOTO, Japan (AP) — There’s a special moment when Katsushi Horikawa feels closer to the gods. It comes as he rides atop one of the towering floats pulled through the streets in a centuries-old ...

ISE, JAPAN - The steady crowds cross an arched bridge and follow a pebbled path into a forest of towering cypress trees, bowing before a simple gate that stands between them and the holiest place in ...

This article looks at the relationship between Shinto and the cause of Japanese nationalism. Shinto can't be separated from Japan and the Japanese, but in the late 19th and first half of the 20th ...