A centuries-old shrine near Tokyo held an annual festival on Thursday to burn New Year decorations, such as straw festoons ...

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 ...

The remains of seven babies have been found next to a Hittite ritual structure in Uşaklı Höyük, revealing unconventional ...

Participants gather at the Teppuzu Inari Shrine in Tokyo to bathe in ice-cold water to purify their souls and pray for good ...

Thousands attended the Sabarimala temple's 'Makara Jyothi' ritual, marking a peak in the Makaravilakku festival, under strict ...