Kamigamo Shrine is often ranked in importance after the Ise and Izumo Shrines (these latter being dedicated to the Sun Goddess, Amaterasu, and her miscreant brother, Susano-O no Mikoto). Early ...

Meiji shrine alone expects a minimum of 2.000,000 ... way of the gods”) is based on a belief in the divine efficacy of Kami (deities). By worshiping the Kami —which include everything from ...

The Onabare festival is a 300-year-old folk cultural property in Kami, Kochi Prefecture. A portable shrine is paraded through the streets, with dancing and other performances taking place along ...

A third deity, Shiotsuchi-no-Oji-no-Kami, saw to it that the district in which Shiogama Shrine stands is safe and at peace. The guide said with grave authority that this shrine is extraordinary as ...