Aioi-no-yashiro, a small shrine on the grounds of Shimogamo Jinja Shrine in Kyoto, is known to have a “god of matchmaking” as its guardian deity. When I visited the place, numerous “ema ...

[Courtesy] Subukia shrine, dubbed the Village of Mary Mother of God, is a place of comfort and a sanctuary for Catholics, Protestants as well as non-believers. From a picturesque cave at the foot ...

The main shrine building (honden ... the son born to Hoori and Toyotama-hime, daughter of the sea god. As you step into the cave, the vivid red of the honden emerges from the darkness, brilliantly ...