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

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

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.

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 ...

Police in Jinja City’s Northern Division are investigating the tragic death of 22-year-old Gladesi Nabankema, who is suspected to have died by suicide. The incident occurred on the morning of April 8, ...

Kariisa at a recent event There was a time when Jinja was perhaps Uganda’s second most important town after Kampala. Factory machines roared. Products rolled off the lines. A fair number of middle and ...

Armed robbers launched a violent attack on Praise God Hardware Shop in Buwenge Town, Jinja District, along the Jinja-Kamuli road, leaving one person dead and another seriously injured ...

Part of Jinja CPS. file photo. Police in Kiira region, on Sunday confirmed the escape of 10 suspects from Jinja Central Police station. The suspects allegedly escaped during the wee-hours of Sunday ...

There is nothing fancy about the rented house in the Jinja City suburb of Walukuba, where Robert Hausvik, a Norwegian national, was on March 10 discovered dead. Paint has barely protected its ...

This was the Miwatari, meaning the sacred crossing, which local belief held was left by a passing god of Japan’s native Shinto belief. Its appearance evoked feelings of awe but also reassurance ...