Shinto is the native religious tradition of Japan. I think it's easy to see visual signs of it throughout Japan, from the shrines (jinja) to the gates (torii). But what I was interested in finding out ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Around 130 people sheltered inside the Shinto shrine after roads around it were shut off [CHICHIBU GOVERNMENT] More than 100 ...

More than 100 people have had to shelter in a shrine on a mountain top in Japan after heavy snowfall cut off access by road. Around 130 people were forced to spend the night in the halls and lobbies ...

But the most influential element in Shinto worship, since the days when the early Japanese ceased to be nomadic, has been ancestor worship. Thus was evolved the concept of the Uji-Kami, a clan Kami, ...