Hayao Miyazaki’s films are filled with nature spirits, supernatural beings, and themes of environmental harmony, leading many ...

A Shinto priest of Yasaka Shrine and a monk of Shinsen-en temple on Monday held a ritual to exchange holy water and pray for ...

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Anime characters often face challenges that connect to long-standing Buddhist and Shintō teachings. In this course, students look closely at what anime is saying about life.

The first instalment of this four-part series looks at some of the early figures who paved the way for marathon runners in ...

Once shunned, ‘misfortunate properties’ – the sites of murders or suicides – are becoming hot commodities in Japan’s surging ...

In Japan, properties stigmatized by deaths are becoming investment opportunities due to rising real estate prices and an ...

The town has many remarkable attractions, including Danjo Garan, a huddle of temples with a stunning, 48-metre-high ...

Drawing on Shinto, sci-fi and traditional Japanese folk, Kuunatic are one of metal's most fascinating new bands ...

Carrie receives a letter from Stanford, revealing that he is staying in Japan, not for business this time, but to become a Shinto monk. Carrie later shares the news with Anthony, Stanford's estranged ...

Abandoned Dog Saves Buddhist Monk From Bear Attack In Japan With the odds stacked against him, the 45-year-old monk was ready to throw in the towel until Chico intervened. Edited by: Abhinav Singh ...

A Japanese Buddhist monk who adopted an abandoned dog was saved by the canine during a fierce bear attack. Tougen Yoshihara, the abbot of Youkoku Temple, a historic temple in Niigata in central ...