Japan, shinto shrine

An American tourist who arrived in Japan with his family on Monday might be staying in the country for a lot longer than he ...
Almost weekly Momo Nomura makes time to visit Shinto shrines. She performs the prescribed rituals — cleansing her hands, ringing a bell, bowing and clapping. But her main purpose is getting a ...
As far as Shinto shrines go (there are about 400 in Kyoto), this one is pretty special. Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari ...
Inari is the most worshipped god in the entire Shinto religion, being the god of rice, agriculture, sake, and fertility. He's ...