TOKYO — Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water on Saturday in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese tradition to purify the soul and pray for good health ...
"It kind of takes over your life," said Mr Templeton. "When we're in the gym, we're training for sumo. When we're cooking at ...
ISE, Japan — Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests keep watch as woodsmen dressed in ceremonial white chop their axes into two ancient cypress trees, timing their swings so that ...
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Is Miyazaki Inspired By Shinto?
Hayao Miyazaki’s films are filled with nature spirits, supernatural beings, and themes of environmental harmony, leading many to believe they are deeply influenced by Shinto, Japan’s indigenous ...
Shinto in the ancient period -- The Kami in myth -- The coalescence of early Shinto -- Shinto during the middle and late Heian period, tenth through twelfth centuries -- The esotericization of ...
The annual Kanchu Misogi ritual saw around 100 worshippers plunge into icy water at a Tokyo shrine on Sunday.View on euronews ...
"Published on the occasion of 'Shinto: Discovery of the Divine in Japanese Art', an exhibition organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art with the special cooperation of the Nara National Museum and ...
ISE, Japan — Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests keep watch as woodsmen dressed in ceremonial white chop their axes into two ancient cypress trees, timing their swings so that ...
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