A Shinto shrine in Tokyo's Suginami Ward has become a place where visitors pray not for wealth or long life, but for ...

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TOKYO (AP) — Just steps from one of the busiest, most modern parts of Tokyo, it’s a soothing surprise to feel like you’re in the heart of a primeval forest. It’s maybe a bigger surprise to learn that ...

ASO, Japan – A 1,700-year-old Shinto shrine in southern Japan remains a place of moral support after two deadly earthquakes struck the region, despite being heavily damaged itself. Aso Shrine's iconic ...

ISE, Japan — Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests keep watch as woodsmen dressed in ceremonial white chop their axes into two ancient cypress trees, timing their swings so that ...