Kuki Shrine in the town of Asahi, Yamagata Prefecture, considers air a sacred object where gods reside. On June 7, the Air ...

Every spring, thousands of tourists from Japan and overseas descend on a shrine in Tokyo’s neighboring prefecture of Kanagawa to celebrate one thing — the penis. This symbol of fertility is at the ...

Matsunoo Taisha is the guardian Shinto shrine to Kyoto's west. In April and May, the deities are carried through the ...

As part of the Setsubun Festival at the Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto, Japan, geishas dance and throw soybeans, which are believed to chase away evil, into the crowd. Credit...Chang W. Lee/The New York ...

A shrine in Japan that organises the famous Naked Man festival will allow women to participate for the first time in its 1,250-year history. A group of local women in Inazawa, in Japan’s Aichi ...

The extreme summer heat that has struck Japan in recent years due climate change is altering the landscape of annual fireworks and other fest･･･ ...

The annual festival celebrates the health and happiness of young girls and women. Traditional Hina dolls are displayed around the Zama shrine for the Japanese Doll Festival in Zama, Kanagawa ...

“I want Japanese culture to carry on,” said Mayumi Coffman, the festival’s organizer ... to carry a traditional Mikoshi, a portable shrine that transports a deity. The gold Mikoshi ...