INAZAWA, Aichi -- Some 7,980 men in loincloths fiercely jostled to touch the "lucky man" during the recently held Konomiya ...

Shinto is the native religious tradition of Japan. I think it's easy to see visual signs of it throughout Japan, from the shrines (jinja) to the gates (torii). But what I was interested in finding out ...

Large cod were carried in procession and dedicated to a local Shinto shrine in this northern Japan city Feb. 4 in a unique festival t ...

A Shinto shrine in Japan's western prefecture of Fukuoka has held a traditional ritual of collecting seaweed from the ocean and offering it before an altar to pray for navigational safety and a large ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A shrine parishioner throws icy cold water on himself during the annual cold-endurance festival at Kanda ...

Its origins stretch back into Japan’s mythological past and feature the birth of some of the oldest deities in the Shinto pantheon ... Image: ram87/Pixta Amano Iwato Jinja is associated with Amaterasu ...

Jinja has been marked as the tourism hub of Uganda besides being an industrial area. The possession of both international and local tourism sites has contributed to its development, bringing ...