Most funerals in Japan are held in a Buddhist style. Japan’s Indigenous religion of Shinto is largely rooted in animism, which believes there are thousands of “kami,” or spirits, inhabiting ...

To help me answer my curiosity, I asked my local Shinto expert and naturalized Japanese, David Chart. Life Where I'm From Posted: February 11, 2025 | Last updated: February 11, 2025 ...

NAMIE, Fukushima Prefecture--Shinto priest Nobuhiko Ise is not one ... which was damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent exposure to the elements, was finally torn down.

Large shares in many middle-income countries say following the historically predominant religion is key to "true" national belonging.

Some of the leaders of religious thought in Japan are endeavoring to choose between Buddhism, Shintoism, and Christianity as the future religion of the empire. Others would amalgamate the best ...

One group could carry out research into the impact of Shinto beliefs on the role of women in Japan, whilst the other groups could research the impact of the beliefs of other religions on the role ...

To be a bit more precise, I’m in Ise Shrine, the most sacred site in Japan: the Mecca, Rome and Canterbury of its national animist religion, Shinto. The Japanese imperial family are believed to ...

This time we introduce "Aso Jinja: A Shinto Shrine Rises from the Rubble," which presents the recovery project of Aso Jinja, a Shinto shrine destroyed in the Kumamoto earthquake in 2016.