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Praying to Shinto “Sports Gods” For Success

31 Mar 2018
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C Barnett

How Shinto Shrines Are a Normal Part of Preparation for the Big Game People have all sort of rituals for preparing for important sporting events. Some athletes don’t shave, wear their “lucky”...

Bizarre Murder-Suicide of Shinto Priestess

11 Dec 2017
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Derek Welch

Tragedy struck in Japan as Nagako Tomioka, chief priestess of the Tomioka Hachimangu shrine in Tokyo was killed. While homicide is generally rare in Japan, the strange nature of this murder has created...

Japanese Festival Returns to St. Louis

26 Aug 2013
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Alison Lesley

The Labor Day weekend gives residents of St. Louis and many other Americans the chance to experience not only the arts, music and culture of Japan but also the Shinto religion, which is embedded in all of those...