Unlike many shrines, Kashihara Jingu is bare of paint. That absence of colour as well as the massive wooden pillars and ...

My first trip to Sapporo last month made me fall in love with Japan even more. It's not only the delicious food and nice ...

The Rubin Museum Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room is reopening at the Brooklyn Museum, where it features both familiar treasures ...

Exploring the Spiritual Significance of the Hokkaido Shrine Festival. E very year, nestled in the lush greens of Maruyama ...

Matsunoo Taisha is the guardian Shinto shrine to Kyoto's west. In April and May, the deities are carried through the ...

Shinto is often described as Japan’s indigenous religion—but can it expand beyond Japan? While traditionally tied to Japanese culture, shrines, and national identity, modern practitioners argue that ...

While incense is not burned at Shinto shrines, there are other ways to “engage the divinities,” says Tinsley. Toss a 5-yen coin into the box at the front of the altar, then clap your hands to alert ...

GUSTASP and JEROO IRANI return from the island nation blessed to have witnessed nature at her creative best in a land where the past and present coexist peacefully Old habits die hard When Reverend Th ...

The Holy Spirit, who keeps the memory of Christ alive in his Church at prayer, also leads her toward the fullness of truth and inspires new formulations expressing the unfathomable mystery of ...

Korean officials discovered the painting in the Smart Museum’s collection at the University of Chicago. It was stolen from a ...

O immaculate virgin, mother of God and mother of humanity, we believe with all the fervour of our faith in your triumphal assumption both in body and in soul into heaven where you are acclaimed as ...