It had not been unusual for Yamatsumi Shrine, one of rare Shinto shrines dedicated to wolves, to be flooded with people and stalls during its annual festival before 3/11.

ISE, Japan (AP) -- Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests keep watch as woodsmen dressed in ceremonial white chop their axes into two ancient cypress trees, timing their swings so ...

A Shinto shrine in Tokyo's Suginami Ward has become a place where visitors pray not for wealth or long life, but for something far less predictable. Located within the grounds of Koenji Hikawa Shrine, ...