This article looks at Shinto worship, which can take place in the home or in shrines. Shinto worship is highly ritualised, and follows strict conventions of protocol, order and control. It can take ...

Visitors performing ablutions during a pilgrimage to the Kiyoshikojin Seicho-ji temple complex on a wooded mountain just north of Osaka, Japan. About 3.5 million people visit the complex annually, ...

Jinja (shrines) are everywhere in Japan—more than 100,000! They’re not hard to spot. The entryway to a shrine is marked by a large torii (gate). This is in contrast to Buddhist temples that do not ...

THERE are so many faiths in Japan that it has been aptly called a museum of religions. The main divisions — Shinto, Buddhism, and Christianity — have many subdivisions, and there are also syncretistic ...

With Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess, with bearded Jimmu Tenno (Emperor of Divine Valor), with the 14,000 kami (gods) of wind and mountain and sea, Lieut. William K. Bunce, U.S.N.R., wrestled for three ...

Central Pattana Plc., Thailand’s leading real estate developer for sustainability and operator of Central Si Racha, invites the public to visit and worship at the “Shinto Shrine Si Racha” The shrine, ...