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, ...

Shinto is Japan’s indigenous spirituality—centered on nature, ritual, and reverence for unseen forces called kami. It’s not a religion of belief, but of connection to place, tradition, and harmony.

In the Shinto worldview, Musubi is both cosmic and personal. It is the force that causes the universe to unfold and the ...

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 ...

BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team explains what sumo wrestling is, why they eat up to 10,000 calories a day and why the Grand Sumo Tournament is in London.

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 ...

This article argues that the restoration of ancient shrines initiated by Tokugawa Yoshinao in the 1630s should be regarded as the starting point of Domain Shinto. It demonstrates that Yoshinao’s ...

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 ...

Amassed with Shinto and Buddhist shrines dating back to the 8th century, Nikko is a step back in time – and just an express ...

(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 ...