This video explores the history, practices, and influence of Shinto, from shrine rituals and purification ceremonies to its role in Japanese culture today. Soccer star Sophia Wilson announces ...

An annual spring Shinto festival has started at a shrine near Lake Biwa in Japan's western prefecture of Shiga.

Certain pairs of stones like Sakuragai Futamigaura in Itoshima, Fukuoka have been designated as Meoto-iwa (married rocks) and bound together with a shimenawa (thick rope made of hemp or rice straw ...

to pump themselves up as other participants and onlookers cheered. Purification is key to Shinto rituals to keep away evil spirits. Worshipers can also wish for other things, such as traffic ...

KEY HIGHLGHTS: Sacred river water from the Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj was brought to Sambhal in fire brigade vehicles for a purification ritual of religious sites. The initiative, part of the UP ...