In Japan, the Ise Grand Shrine is considered one of the holiest sites in the Shinto religion, a faith whose rituals have been woven into the nation’s culture for centuries. Located more than 300 ...

Shinto is the native religious tradition of Japan. I think it's easy to see visual signs of it throughout Japan, from the ...

ISE, Japan — Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests keep watch as woodsmen dressed in ceremonial white chop their axes into two ancient cypress trees, timing their swings so that ...

ASO, Japan – A 1,700-year-old Shinto shrine in southern Japan remains a place of moral support after two deadly earthquakes struck the region, despite being heavily damaged itself. Aso Shrine's iconic ...

Japan's most sacred Shinto shrine has been rebuilt every 20 years for more than a millennium Each generation, Ise Jingu, Japan’s most revered Shinto shrine, is knocked down and rebuilt from scratch, a ...