Visiting a Shinto shrine requires more than quiet admiration—it calls for an understanding of its rituals, from purifying hands to offering prayers. Observing these customs offers a glimpse into Japan ...

A man has been arrested after threatening to set fire to one of Japan’s oldest Shinto shrines, following backlash over an ...

The Shinto shrine, which once gained great attention from fans of 2020's Ghost of Tsushima, has previously welcomed visitors but is now blocking all foreign entry.

Torii gates are iconic structures that mark the boundary between the everyday and the sacred at Shinto shrines across Japan. Defacing sites or breaking the rules at important international sites ...

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 ...

TOKYO -- Noboru Shimura, 80, sat at a shaded table on the vast grounds of the Shinto shrine honoring Japan's war dead, waiting for the others in his World War II regiment to straggle in.

A real-life shrine from Ghost of Tsushima announced it is issuing a ban on tourists. Specifically, the Watazumi Shrine located on Japan’s Tsushima Island will only allow access to those using ...