ring Buddhist temple bells on New Year’s Eve, and hours later go to Shinto shrines to celebrate the New Year. During other seasons, Japanese flock to Buddhist Bon dances and Shinto-related ...

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As Japan’s population falls and interest ... with only 500 residents and which also has three other Buddhist temples, one Shinto shrine and a church. A surge in religious properties coming ...

With these famous Japanese landmarks ... It was first built in the 6th century as a Shinto Temple to the daughters of the ...

Also within in the complex is the Jishu Shrine, a red-lacquered temple dedicated to Okuninushi-no-mikoto, the Shinto god of love. Visitors who can successfully walk between two stones outside of ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Faithfuls and tourists gathered around a pool at the Ise Jingu shrine to cleanse ...

Japan is an alluring destination because of its many juxtapositions. Neon skyscrapers tower over Shinto shrines, and salarymen ride the train next to Harajuku girls. The Land of the Rising Sun ...

he Kumano Hongu Shrine Spring Festival, held every year from April 13 to 15, is one of the most important Shinto events in Wakayama Prefecture. It takes place at Kumano Hongu Shrine, one of the Three ...

The city of Kyoto is famous for being the former seat of imperial Japan. It’s also the country’s cultural and spiritual capital, with hundreds of Buddhist shrines and Shinto temples.

Every day, hundreds of people visit Ryoanji Temple to see its Zen rock garden – which is probably the most famous of its kind in Japan. Located in Kyoto's northern outskirts, the temple was ...

Dr Amanda Foreman discusses how Shinto merged with Buddhism in Japan and makes particular reference to the centrality of women within Shinto beliefs. Not only are women able to take practical ...