Shinto is Japan’s indigenous spiritual tradition, but unlike most religions, it has no single founder, sacred text, or strict doctrines. Instead, it revolves around the veneration of Kami ...

Thousands of sacred forests have survived. They’re the church forests in Ethiopia’s highlands, hillside groves considered holy by Catholics in Italy, woodlands revered by Shinto practitioners ...

“This is the world’s only sacred location where two religions coexist ... some 36 miles away. “The Shinto shrine Kumano Nachi Taisha is further along, and it sits beside the famous three ...

Interested visitors, Thai and Japanese, are invited to worship at the Shinto Shrine Si Racha at the ... The shrine houses two sacred deities -- Amaterasu Omikami, the supreme sun goddess ...

Archaeological evidence from around 300 B.C.E. suggests an early version of Shinto focused on the seasonal rhythms of rice cultivation, and the marking-off of sacred objects or places where Kami ...