After Japan’s Prime Minister responded to questions around Assassin’s Creed: Shadows and the risk of copycat "defacing" of ...

It’s also worth noting that taking pictures of or filming Shinto shrine structures isn’t generally considered sacrilegious, and so the no-photography part of Watazumi’s statement appears to be more a ...

We won’t speculate on what specific acts would be deemed blasphemous in a Shinto shrine like Watazumi shrine. But we cannot avoid the looming elephant in the room; this shrine would not have ...

Specifically, the Watazumi Shrine located on Japan’s Tsushima Island will only allow access to those using the Shinto shrine for ... we gave the game a 10 out of 10 saying it “ends the current ...

As far as Shinto shrines go (there are about 400 in Kyoto), this one is pretty special. Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari ...

The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion ... It's common to wash your hands and rinse your mouth out, but don't drink the water. When approaching the main shrine, it's customary ...

The Shinto Association of Spiritual Leadership was formed in 1969 as an affiliate of the Association of Shinto Shrines, an influential group representing about 80,000 shrines nationwide.

a Shinto priest at the shrine. “The charm may have helped Osaka win the championship.” Even after the charm was sold out, the shrine is still receiving phone calls from those wanting to ...