Shinto, once an unwritten tradition rooted in nature, shrines, and ancestral worship, wasn’t always classified as a “religion.” This video traces how Japan’s native spiritual practice was reshaped ...

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.

Shinto worship is highly ritualised, and follows strict conventions of protocol, order and control. It can take place in the home or in shrines. Although all Shinto worship and ritual takes place ...

In front of the giant torii, the entrance to Japanese Shinto shrines, most visitors are overwhelmed with awe. These enigmatic places of worship seem to conceal the utmost secrets in their interiors.

It is also one of the oldest and, with a height of 24 meters, the tallest Shinto place of worship. Grand though the structure is today, the present shrine is, in fact, nothing like the size it ...

This wasn’t just any religious place, but Yasukuni Shrine, a Shinto place of worship that houses, among others, several Class A war criminals from World War II. Abe’s visits to the shrine have ...

One must be clean in the presence of the spirits. Something that is not clean is considered ugly. It is usual in Japan to refer to Buddhist places of worship as temples and Shinto places of worship as ...

Many Shinto shrines are places of intense calm with beautiful ... is a visual and aural journey that prepares visitors for worship. It may also involve a bridge across water, which provides ...

Many Shinto shrines are places of intense calm with beautiful ... is a visual and aural journey that prepares visitors for worship. It may also involve a bridge across water, which provides ...

However, if you’re brave enough to stray from the shinkansen to the reaches of Fukui and Mie prefecture, you’ll discover some of the most significant places of worship in Buddhism and Shinto. So let’s ...

In the English translation the Shinto places of worship are indicated as "sanctuaries" (Jinja in Japanese) to distinguish them from those indicated as a Buddhist "temples" (o-tera, in Japanese).