Almost weekly Momo Nomura makes time to visit Shinto shrines ... and younger generations moving to cities, small shrines and temples in rural Japan struggle to survive, with many on the verge ...

The Shinto Association of Spiritual Leadership was formed in 1969 as an affiliate of the Association of Shinto Shrines, an influential group representing about 80,000 shrines nationwide.

The Tomioka Hachimangu shrine is famous for a summer festival in August An attack believed to have been sparked by a succession feud has left three people dead at a well-known Shinto shrine in Tokyo.

A Shinto shrine in Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan, is training young women as "miko" attendants to welcome worshippers during the New Year holidays. The Ooasahiko Jinja shrine in the city of ...