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- Abe sends ritual offering to Yasukuni for shrine's autumn festival - The Japan Times October 17, 2018The Japan TimesAbe sends ritual offering to Yasukuni for shrine's autumn festivalThe Japan TimesPrime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering Wednesday to Yasukuni Shrine, viewed as a symbol of Japan's wartime militarism by neighboring countries, on the first day of its four-day autumn festival. Abe, who is on a foreign trip to attend a ...Abe s […]
- Yasukuni Shrine's chief priest forced to quit after criticizing Emperor for not visiting war-linked shrine - The Japan Times October 11, 2018The Japan TimesYasukuni Shrine's chief priest forced to quit after criticizing Emperor for not visiting war-linked shrineThe Japan TimesAccording to the Shukan Post magazine, Kunio Kohori argued in a meeting at the shrine on June 20 that the Emperor is “now trying to crush Yasukuni Shrine” by not visiting it and by instead making trips to commemorate vi […]
- Religion in Japan: You can pray in both temple, shrine - IPPmedia October 19, 2018IPPmediaReligion in Japan: You can pray in both temple, shrineIPPmediaFor most Japanese, the choice of prayer house to attend depends on what one seeks divine intervention for. It is therefore common practice for one person to go to a Shinto shrine for one spiritual need and later on go to the Buddhist temple for a ...
- Montreal to Tokyo - Cult MTL October 19, 2018Cult MTLMontreal to TokyoCult MTLBoth Buddhism and Shintoism are more common, casual and superstitious than the organized religions we're familiar with; rather than daily prayer and frequent ceremonies at a holy place, the vast majority of Japanese people visit shrines on special ...
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