The controversial Tokyo shrine’s wide stone path, normally reserved for quiet prayers and camera-clicking tourists, ...

A "yabusame," or horseback archery, ritual was held at a Shinto shrine in this ancient Japanese capital to pray for the ...

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts, by ...

Spring season in Japan is characterized not just by the cherry blossoms, seasonal food and traditional and modern festivals and events, but also by the exceptional beauty that engulfs the land ...

Dewa Sanzan is located in the center of Yamagata Prefecture, in the Tohoku region of Japan. Mt ... under ascetic training in Dewa Sanzan. His prayers continue for 50 days in a room at home ...

Part spoof and part serious, the film is about mythmaking as much as it is about music. The result is delightfully destabilizing. By Alissa Wilkinson During every scene of this western, I couldn ...

Why is the right right and the left not right UMA RAM and K S RAM take a look at how this discrimination came aboutSheela is a lefty a fact that some persons in her husband s house find it hard to ...

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