In Iinan, Shimane Prefecture, artisans hand-craft the giant sacred rope for Izumo Taisha Shrine’s main hall. It is one of Japan’s largest shimenawa, remade roughly every seven years by a community ...
Tokyo Islands Explorer, a multilingual booking platform for the Izu Islands, launched on July 9, 2026. The site combines ...
注连绳是以稻草搓制而成的神圣绳索,常见于日本神社及其他宗教圣地,被视为划分凡俗世界与神明(神道教中的神祇)居所的界线。
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As I walked toward the center of the cascading waterfalls, severe coldness gripped my feet, and the rhythmic chants of a Shinto priest disappeared under the sounds of torrents pounding the rocky ...
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%BA%90%E6%B0%8F Japanese commoners had no official surnames all the way until the Meiji Restoration (1868), meaning the acquisition ...
Full of history and natural beauty, Etajima is the perfect seaside getaway. (Photo courtesy of Regional Branding Institute Co., Ltd.) Easily reached by ferry from Hiroshima Port or by road via the ...
For the next thousand years, Japanese paper folding was largely restricted to religious ceremonial use, as paper was expensive. However, paper-making was one of the many industries that flourished ...
The term gokon is a contraction of godo konpa (合同コンパ), where godo means "joint" or "combined," and konpa itself is a contraction of either the German "Kompanie" or the English "company" (same meaning) ...
"The origin of omiyage is unclear, but it is thought that the custom began in association with sacred pilgrimages. Those who visited Shinto shrines were expected to bring back evidence of the ...
Japanese gardens have long captured the imagination of admirers. Japan’s first novel and one of the oldest in the world, The Tale of Genji, spotlights the importance of Japanese gardens in the dramas ...
Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura, or Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees, began as puppet theater, but was adapted to kabuki a year later in 1748. Often simply called Yoshitsune, the play is based on the ...