In Japan, an Iceless Lake and an Absent God Sound an Ancient Warning
For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its ...
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Why Wakayama is Japan's best-kept secret
Known as the “holy ground where the gods dwell,” the spirits of the devout departed are believed to eternally inhabit the forest. Beckoning believers are three Shinto shrines collectively ...
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Where the past is always present
Known as the “holy ground where the gods dwell,” the spirits of the devout departed are believed to eternally inhabit the forest. Beckoning believers are three Shinto shrines collectively ...
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CHRISTIANITY IN JAPAN.; Progress Is Not Satisfactory -- Count Okuma on Its Amalgamation with Buddhism and Shintoism.
TACOMA, Washington, March 18. -- Some of the leaders of religious thought in Japan are endeavoring to choose between Buddhism, Shintoism, and Christianity as the future religion of the empire.
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Sitting statue of Ieyasu unveiled for 1st time at Nikko temple
It shows how the statue had been worshipped not as an individual but as Daigongen, a Buddhist deity in the form of a Shinto god. The statue was previously owned by the chief priest of Senryuin ...