Members of sexual minorities working at Shinto shrines took to social media to express their disgust at a pamphlet handed out at a gathering of Diet members this summer that portrayed them as ...
Yahoo: What is Shinto Muso-ryu and how is a Templeton dojo part of a 400-year-old tradition?
What is Shinto Muso-ryu and how is a Templeton dojo part of a 400-year-old tradition?
You do not want to know how many phone calls we made trying to find an expert on the Shinto religion. The reasons we had such trouble are… complicated, having to do with the political landscape of ...
University of California: Shinto tradition to reach a new set of readers
For scholars and graduate students, the Shinto tradition has often been an elusive subject of study, and research works have been limited. It’s no wonder that not one publisher outside Japan had a ...
Intended to stand for eternity, religious buildings such as churches, mosques and synagogues are typically made of stone. Shinto shrines, on the other hand, are completely fashioned from wood and ...
Daily Mail: Having a splashing time! Tokyo worshippers throw freezing water over themselves in Shinto ritual to welcome in the New Year
A group of men bathed in ice water yesterday to purify their souls and wish for good fortune in the new year in a Japanese new year ritual. Shinto believers gathered at the Kanda Myojin shrine in ...
Having a splashing time! Tokyo worshippers throw freezing water over themselves in Shinto ritual to welcome in the New Year
This article looks at the nature of Shinto and whether or not it is considered to be a religion. The nature of Shinto as a faith should not be misunderstood. Shinto is often called the 'Japanese ...