Shinto

The architecture of the 80,000 Shinto shrines in Japan varies depending...

Sumo (Ozumo) is an ancient form of wrestling which has long been...

Take-haya-Susa-no-wo or Susanoo is the storm god of the Shinto...

Sugawara no Michizane, aka Tenman Tenjin (845-903 CE), was a scholar...

Yomi, or Yomi-tsu-kuni, is the underworld of the Shinto religion...

Ghosts (obake or yurei) appear in ancient Japanese folklore and...

This is a sacred tree at the Agata Shrine in Uji, Japan. This tree...

The Agata were tribal units under the reign of the Yamato court...

A print by Utagawa Toyokuni III showing the sun goddess Amaterasu...

An 1857 CE print by Utagawa Toyokuni III showing the sun goddess...

The Fushimi Inari Shrine near Kyoto (Heiankyo), Japan is the largest...

The Shinto shrine of Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha, Mount Fuji. The...