Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese ...

The Supreme Court failed to address the core constitutional issue of the separation of church and state in its ruling on an ...

A rare Shinto "porridge ritual" to predict the state of society and harvests for the year was held from the night of Jan. 14 ...

Nestled in the Nagano Prefecture, Togakushi Shrine is a serene and sacred destination. It lies at the foot of the majestic ...

A scantily clad shrine parishioner throws icy cold water on himself during the annual cold-endurance festival at Kanda Myojin ...

On the first day of my first trip to Japan, I hit my head on a doorway walking towards a talking toilet. This particular ...

Decluttering expert Marie Kondo's best-selling book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up was a global phenomenon, changing ...

People in a community in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, braved the cold on Tuesday night to join in a New Year ritual ...

Mostly half-naked men with just white loincloth around their hips and several women in white robes joined the annual cold endurance ritual at the Kanda Myojin, a Shinto shrine in downtown Tokyo.

Seokguram Grotto is designated a National Treasure and is close to the Bulguksa Temple complex. In it are some of the finest ...