Located on the southern island of Kyushu, Miyazaki Prefecture sits between Oita’s renowned onsen towns to the north and ...

14, 1975. Now, 50 years later, the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland, has begun its yearlong celebration honoring the anniversary of the saint’s canonization.

Rupali Ganguly, celebrated for her lead role in the television series Anupamaa, welcomed the new year of 2025 with a spiritual journey to the revered Vaishno Devi shrine. Known for her grounded ...

In the wee hours of Wednesday, New Year's Day worshippers packed the grounds of Meiji Jingu, a major Shinto shrine in central Tokyo, praying that good luck will come their way in 2025. They began ...

Shrines are expected to be crowded on Wednesday, the first day of the Year of the Snake in the Chinese zodiac. Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, in particular, welcomes a huge wave of worshippers each year from ...

Two people have been injured after a large tree branch fell on them near Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance, police say. Police said they were told two men and a woman from Sydney were walking ...

According to local legend, a blacksmith from Kyoto was looking to forge a sword for the emperor and discovered the pure waters surrounding the present-day Kanahebisui Shrine, perfect for forging a ...

A Tokyo court on Wednesday sentenced a Chinese national living in Japan to eight months in prison over his involvement in a May graffiti incident at the capital's war-linked Yasukuni shrine. Jiang ...

Hayao Miyazaki (Miyazaki Hayao, born January 5, 1941) is a Japanese manga artist and prominent film director and animator of many popular anime feature films. Through a career that has spanned ...

The governor also said in the post that he went to Miyazaki Hachimangu shrine in Miyazaki, the prefectural capital, around 4 p.m. on Dec. 31 to attend its Shinto purification ceremony. Kono also ...