In Japan, it's customary to burn traditional Shinto new year decorations in January. A town in Tokushima prefecture lit ...

A ritual foot race took place at Nishinomiya shrine in Hyogo prefecture this morning (Friday). The shrine is dedicated ...

A group of women in Japan walked miles in the cold today (Wednesday) in only the barest of clothing, to pray for peace a...

A shrine in Nagasaki, Japan fed people a traditional New Year lucky meal today (Tuesday).For over 1,000 years, the shrin...

In one town in Japan, people who face bad luck this year according to the lunar calendar have a special way of chasing a...