Japan is home to tens of thousands of Shinto shrines each dedicated to specific gods, and what tourists should never do in Japan is be disrespectful at a religious location. If you're a foreigner ...

We won’t speculate on what specific acts would be deemed blasphemous in a Shinto shrine like Watazumi shrine. But we cannot avoid the looming elephant in the room; this shrine would not have ...

The Shinto Association of Spiritual Leadership was formed in 1969 as an affiliate of the Association of Shinto Shrines, an influential group representing about 80,000 shrines nationwide.

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. A Shinto shrine that's believed to have influenced a similar location in Ghost of Tsushima has reportedly banned tourists after an undisclosed ...

In the years since, though, the Nagasaki Prefecture Shinto shrine which served as a model for one of the locations in the "Ghost of Tsushima" video game has been dealing with unwanted visitors of a ...

Specifically, the Watazumi Shrine located on Japan’s Tsushima Island will only allow access to those using the Shinto shrine for worship. Tourists banned after “unforgivable act of disrespect ...

Instead, Ishiba plans to make a ritual "masakaki" tree offering to the Shinto shrine as he did during its autumn festival in October. The spring festival is scheduled for Monday through Wednesday.

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 ...