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From the legendary Naruto to the spirit fighting Yu Yu Hakusho, there are some great must-see anime for Kitsune fans.
Early in “Your Name,” the anime blockbuster that’s conquered Japan, China, and the rest of Asia, a high-school girl named Mitsuha performs a ritual dance at her family’s Shinto shrine.
During New Year's, people also visit Shinto shrines to pray for the coming year. ... the hatsumode of rural Ibaraki Prefecture is being promoted with an anime style miko, or shrine maiden.
And Kaitlyn’s research shows that some Shinto practitioners gravitate toward anime that prominently feature real-world Shinto shrines and rituals, participating in a sort of “virtual ...
Shinto, the Indigenous faith of the Japanese people, is popular in Japan but seemingly rare in the U.S. So what is a Shinto shrine doing in Granite Falls?
A Shinto shrine caused a stir on Twitter when a passerby happened to notice a sign that appeared to be advertising a job opening for a ... What with shrines indulging anime fans with moe-style shrine ...
Jinja (shrines) are everywhere in Japan—more than 100,000! They’re not hard to spot. The entryway to a shrine is marked by a large torii (gate). ... History, culture and words behind Shinto shrines in ...