(Sightings) — Visitors to movie theaters across the United States recently had the opportunity to see one of the most popular Japanese anime sensations ... conducted at Shinto shrines across ...

If anything, they did it on a grander scale.

Almost weekly Momo Nomura makes time to visit Shinto shrines. She performs the prescribed rituals — cleansing her hands, ringing a bell, bowing and clapping. But her main purpose is getting a ...

Specifically, the Watazumi Shrine located on Japan’s Tsushima Island will only allow access to those using the Shinto shrine for worship. Tourists banned after “unforgivable act of disrespect ...