Another tradition deserves its place in Japan's storytelling to the world: Ise Jingu (officially known as "Jingu") and its 20-year ritual known as Shikinen Sengu (shrine reconstruction ceremony ...

Ise-Shima, Japan CNN — Aiko Ohno dives down in the cool waters off Japan’s Ise-Shima National Park, scanning the rocky seabed for urchins and turban shells. Three meters deep, she swims with ...

Ever since then, Ise Jingu shrine has been the home of Amaterasu Omikami, making it one of the most sacred places in Japan. The sun goddess resides in the Naiku, Inner Shrine — the most sacred ...

Ise Grand Shrine (called Ise-jingu or often just Jingu in Japanese) is Japan’s most important Shinto shrine. It’s the main location of worship for the top deity in the Japanese pantheon, the sun ...