Are Shinto and Buddhism truly separate in Japan—or two parts of the same cultural fabric? This deep dive examines how Buddhist philosophy and Shinto kami worship coevolved over 1,500 years. From ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito has planted rice seeds at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in an annual tradition to promote farming.

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I was such a workaholic, but during the pandemic, I started thinking and revisiting my criticisms of Christianity,” she said Sydney Johnston, one of many young Catholic converts.

This date has been named National Laverbread Day in Wales in Kathleen's honour to celebrate the Welsh seaweed that inspired ...

She married a fellow academic in 1928, becoming Kathleen Drew-Baker and, in line with practices at the time ... they hold a ceremony on 14 April led by Shinto priests to honour her memory and ...

It may be a decorative piece that has rested on a mantle or shelf through birthdays, weddings, graduations and funerals.

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