A 400-year-old Japanese martial arts practice has made it to the Greater Gardener area thanks to Mike Caruso's passion. Caruso has trained for over 17 years in the Japanese staff and sword practice, ...

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A Shinto priest from Austria talks about the origins of his spiritual journey and how he spends his days at a 355-year-old ...

Visiting a Shinto shrine requires more than quiet admiration—it calls for an understanding of its rituals, from purifying ...

People line up to pay their respects before the funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on July 12, 2022, at Zojoji Temple in Tokyo. AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo ...

UNLEASH your potential with Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu (TSKSR), a continuous, 600-year-old Japanese martial tradition that is preserved in a thriving and growing community in Manila. The school ...

Each generation, Ise Jingu, Japan’s most revered Shinto shrine, is knocked down and rebuilt from scratch. It takes the country’s finest carpenters, woodcutters, builders and craftsmen around nine ...

(The Conversation) — A scholar of Japanese religion explains the connections that Japan’s political parties have with several religious groups and how religion is tied in with the legacy of Shinzo Abe ...