Japan is experiencing heavy snowfall at present, with up to 40cm forecast to fall in some parts on Saturday. Up to 80cm of snow has fallen in some parts of the country in the past 72 hours, data from ...

In Japan, it’s customary to start off the new year be going to a Shinto shrine to pray for good fortune in the new year. While many are thought to convey a vague blessing of overall prosperity, some ...

Dozens of worshipers took a deep breath and a brave plunge into icy waters at a Tokyo shrine Sunday, keeping afloat a New ...

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 ...

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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 ...

ISE, Japan (AP) -- 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 ...

American Kit Cox, 35, works as an electrical engineer and enjoys biking and playing piano. But what some might consider surprising about Cox, who was raised as Methodist, is that she practices the ...