Examining Japanese New Year traditions. New Year in Japan is an auspicious holiday. It symbolizes renewal. The event starts with “Bonenkai” or “forget the
Shinto priests bless a fire engine at an historic ceremony at the Yokota Air Base in Japan. Japanese Shinto priests helped an Air Force
Buddhist Temples will shut down in Japan due to lack of Parishioners and Priests. Many Japanese Buddhist temples, their numbers running to thousands, are
Japanese thanksgiving, Niiname Sai, gives thanks to the Kami who provides the elements of nature that provide the fall harvest. In Japanese culture, Shinto's
Buddhist Priest Zenryu Kawakami has made Shunkoin Temple is a safe haven for same-sex marriage in Japan. Same-sex marriage has become a hotbed for
How Japanese Christians have managed to camouflage their Christianity. The first taste of Christianity to the Land of the Rising Sun came in the
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Genbaku Dome, the only building let standing after the nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. The building remains as it was found
At the Church of Scientology Tokyo inauguration, Parliamentary and local Japanese leaders spoke to celebrate the efforts and contributions of Scientology's programs during the
The Nachi Fire Festival, locally referred to as the Nachi No Ogi Matsuri, is a religious holiday celebrated in Kumano mountains located in the