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.

In the years since, though, the Nagasaki Prefecture Shinto shrine which served as a model for one of the locations in the "Ghost of Tsushima" video game has been dealing with unwanted visitors of a ...

A Shinto shrine made famous by Ghost of Tsushima has now banned foreign tourists after a ‘grave and unforgivable act of disrespect.’ ...

A Shinto shrine that's believed to have influenced a similar location in Ghost of Tsushima has reportedly banned tourists after an undisclosed incident involving foreigners. Named Watazumi Shrine, the ...

Almost weekly Momo Nomura makes time to visit Shinto shrines. She performs the prescribed rituals — cleansing her hands, ringing a bell, bowing and clapping. But her main purpose is getting a ...

At a recent conference meet in Japan, Shigeru Ishiba touched upon the game's depiction of a key Shinto shrine being destroyed by protagonist Yasuke as part of the story. It should be noted that ...

The controversy surrounding Assassin's Creed Shadows hasn't escaped the attention of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, especially when it comes to the in-game defacing of a Shinto shrine.

The Keta Shinto shrine in Hakui City, Ishikawa Prefecture, has held the Heikokusai festival for more than 500 years based on a legend that Okuninushi-no-mikoto ruled Noto. The shrine is dedicated ...