CAMP ZAMA, Japan – Several Shinto priests from the renowned Meiji Jingu Shrine toured this installation Thursday as part of an ongoing effort to increase interfaith dialogue with the unit ...

During the period of separation, some temples and Buddhist images were destroyed, and monks were forced to give up their positions or become Shinto priests. Because of the policy of Shinto ...

This video explores how Shinto has spread beyond Japan, from Hawaii and Brazil to the Pacific Northwest, where non-Japanese priests like Reverend Lawrence Koichi Barish are actively promoting it.

Priests were government officials (the Shinto priesthood was sometimes used as a handy niche for overage army officers). In shrine Shinto, the loyal citizen could even hope for his own apotheosis.

Keeping with Japanese culture and tradition, a Shinto priest from nearby Kumagawa Shrine began the dedication ceremony with a traditional blessing. The natural-gas fired, steam-powered generator ...

White-robed Shinto priests purify War Minister-General-Count Juichi Terauchi by pouring holy water from a dipper over his hands before he goes in to pray for the Army (see cut). Last week on his ...

The fire was lit using a wooden stick rubbed to create friction, a traditional method. Seven Shinto priests, including deputy chief priest Masuhiro Murakami, oversaw the cooking process while ...

THE LARGEST AND most active Shinto shrine in the mainland United States, and arguably the North American continent, is not in Seattle. Nor is it in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose or any ...