Japan is home to tens of thousands of Shinto shrines each dedicated to specific ... into the offering box. Then ring the bell a few times to greet the god, bow twice, clap twice, say a little ...

She performs the prescribed rituals — cleansing her hands, ringing a bell ... hours later go to Shinto shrines to celebrate the New Year. During other seasons, Japanese flock to Buddhist ...

This is the kind of story that makes our blood boil. The Watazumi Shrine on Tsushima Island has been closed to all tourists following “a grave and unforgivable act of disrespect by foreigners”.

The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion) shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. Japanese history credits Meiji for modernizing Japan by incorporating Western ...

Priests taking care of a Japanese shrine made famous through its inclusion in Ghost of Tsushima have banned all tourists from their site. Watazumi Shrine is found on Tsushima Island. Most famous ...