TOKYO — Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water on Saturday in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese tradition to purify the soul and pray for good health ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Participants bathe in ice-cold water to purify their souls and pray for good health during a New Year's ritual at Teppozu Inari ...

Shinto in the ancient period -- The Kami in myth -- The coalescence of early Shinto -- Shinto during the middle and late Heian period, tenth through twelfth centuries -- The esotericization of ...

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 ...

Shinto is Japan’s indigenous spiritual tradition, but unlike most religions, it has no single founder, sacred text, or strict doctrines. Instead, it revolves around the veneration of Kami—divine ...

"Published on the occasion of 'Shinto: Discovery of the Divine in Japanese Art', an exhibition organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art with the special cooperation of the Nara National Museum and ...

"It kind of takes over your life," said Mr Templeton. "When we're in the gym, we're training for sumo. When we're cooking at ...

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 ...