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, ...

American Kit Cox, 35, works as an electrical engineer and enjoys biking and playing piano. But what some might consider surprising about Cox, who was raised as Methodist, is that she practices the ...

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

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

Editor’s note: Pacific NW magazine’s weekly Backstory provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the writer’s process or an extra tidbit that accompanies our Mainstory. This week’s Mainstory explores how ...

Jake is a writer from the United Kingdom. With a focus on first-person shooters, RPGs, and achievement hunting, writing about the gaming industry comes naturally and is a real point of pride. Outside ...

Though it is mostly an irreligious country, seemingly untroubled by matters of the hereafter, Japan is over-run with festivals and holidays dedicated to the Buddhist and Shinto gods. Few contemporary ...

(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 ...

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 ...