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

Shinto is often described as Japan’s indigenous religion—but can it expand beyond Japan? While traditionally tied to Japanese culture, shrines, and national identity, modern practitioners argue that ...

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East ... The company even asked a Shinto priest to conduct a purification ritual and offer prayers for operational safety as it continues to try to resolve the problem.

Ise Jingu is the oldest of all Shinto shrines in Japan. About 100 priests and 400 staff servants also keep her company just in case she needs anything. Her house is replaced every twenty years ...

on Monday -- the coldest day of the year according to the traditional Japanese calendar. About 20 Shinto priests and others gathered early morning at a place where riverbed water from Mount ...