Forest bathing dates back to ancient Japanese Shinto and Buddhist beliefs that spirits inhabit natural elements, which can ...

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

The Bloomsbury Shinto Series, created and edited by Fabio Rambelli, a UC Santa Barbara professor of religious studies and of East Asian languages and cultural studies, has published its first book in ...

This article explores the part Shinto has played in Japanese life and culture throughout the country's history, and its shared its spiritual, cultural, and political roles with Buddhism and ...

Shinto Shrines Dwarfed by nature, Shinto shrines provide a sense of calm. Set within beautiful gardens, these sacred places venerate the spirits of the natural world.

Shinrin-yoku is a Shinto spiritual practice of nature-immersive meditation, also known as forest bathing. It’s an ancient practice from Japan that’s been gaining new traction around the world. This ...

A Shinto priest explains the ancient Japanese religion – and the crucial, often forgotten role women played in keeping it alive after World War II.

Ageuma Shinji, a Shinto ritual, is held at the shrine on May 4 and 5 every year. Horses carrying young riders in traditional warrior attire rush up the steep slope during the festival.

Shinto struggled for decades to find a place in postwar Japan, and given the religion's history, some critics see the country's newfound interest in it as a sign of simmering nationalism at best.

Last summer, the Shinto organization distributed a 94-page pamphlet at a large meeting for affiliated members of Parliament, mostly from the governing Liberal Democratic Party, that included a ...