All 12 dazzling floats have gathered for the historic Spring Takayama Festival in this central Japan city for the first time in thre･･･ ...

Pure white "ginryoso" flowers, or Monotropastrum humile, bloom among fallen leaves at Oomiwa Jinja shrine in Sakurai, Nara ...

This time we introduce "Aso Jinja: A Shinto Shrine Rises from the Rubble," which presents the recovery project of Aso Jinja, a Shinto shrine destroyed in the Kumamoto earthquake in 2016.

Early animistic, or “Primitive Shinto” believed that the gods (kami) resided in rocks, tress, mountains and other natural phenomena and had to be appeased regularly with suitable offerings in order to ...

The Spring Takayama Festival is the annual festival of Hie Jinja Shinto shrine, also known as "Sanno sama," referring to the guardian deity of the southern half of the former Takayama Castle town.

bloom among fallen leaves at Oomiwa Jinja shrine in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, on April 22, 2025. They have begun to bloom in various spots on the Shinto shrine grounds, and are apparently expected ...