Shinto

But I think an unknown Shinto monk put it more eloquently when he said, "the only truths in this life are beauty and impermanence. "

A distinctive feature of Shinto architecture is the chigi, a scissor-shaped finial at the front and rear of the roof.

Times are so tough that the local Shinto shrine has stopped hiring musicians for summer festivals, he said.

This Shinto shrine is a quiet compound, white with cherry blossom in spring, that sits in the heart of the capital's bustle.

The ancient, native religion of Japan, Shinto is a loosely structured system of beliefs and has no regular weekly service.

In an annual ritual, the Japanese emperor makes an offering of rice harvested from paddies within the palace grounds to Shinto deities.

Exalted by a Shinto shrine replica hung above the dohyo, Tokyo's Kokugikan, or Hall of National Skill, draws zealous fans to a championship.

Ann: Yeah. And it will cost much less to go there than to Canada. And I would like to visit the Itsukushima Shinto Shrine there.

The combination of its power and perfection of form has meant that Fuji has long been revered as a sacred Shinto shrine.

In the Shinto faith, he patiently explains, nature is to gods and man what God is to nature and man in Western religions.

Traditional Japan embraced sexual delights (it is not a Shinto taboo) and men were not constrained to be faithful to their wives.

Rooms are piled high with memories of the past-from old saddles and a rice mill to straw decorations for Shinto shrines.

The reasons behind Japan's work ethic lie not in its Buddhist and Shinto religions but in its history and geography.

The Meiji Jingu Shrine tells of the city's Shinto heritage and there's something timeless about the charming chaos of Tsukiji Fish Market.

Actually, we celebrated Christian Christmas one week ago and we visit a Shinto shrine on New Year's Day like this.

The gates of a Shinto shrine on the grounds of Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market stand open to receive visitors.

Layout to Zhao Ling, Shinto for the vertical axis, the extension of a north-south axis.

Sculpted by heavy snow drifts, the Shinto shrine Togakushi, sits high in the Japan Alps near the town of Hakuba.

Usually the Shinto god of the earth keeps the brute's head pinned down with a granite keystone.

Unlike the Christian or Jewish God, Shinto gods do not impose laws, moral standards or a dogma.

include Early on, sumo was incorporated into Shinto purification rituals, after which it became court entertainment.

Built in 1931 by the Japanese as a Buddhist-Shinto temple, it most recently housed an Egyptian-themed karaoke parlor.

In formal morning coat and preceded by a Shinto priest, he spent only ten minutes at the shrine.

Every kori can house one religious building, either a Shinto shrine, Buddhist temple or a Christian church, each giving a unique bonus.

After the funerals, when people begin building new homes and their lives, Shinto will move center stage.

Barbara and I went to see this outdoor sumo match at a Shinto Shrine in Tokyo.

In the native Japanese religion Shinto , salt is used for ritual purification of locations and people, such as in Sumo Wrestling.

I ended my search for Japanese exceptionalism at Ise Shrine, Shinto's most sacred site.

Toil and sweat done, an apprentice meditates before a Shinto shrine.

Many of these rituals are connected to Shinto.

The altar bore a circular mirror in anornately carved wooden frame: an emblem of Shinto worship.

Shinto priests walk along the grounds of Meiji shrine to take part in a ritual purification ceremony in Tokyo.

She is an expert in fighting fan and holds a Suijin, a Shinto god of water in Japanese.

At the same time, climbing Jinding although the Shinto stone steps parapet still steep and rugged, difficult to climb.

They prayed to Buddhist and Shinto gods (every vesselcarried a shrine), and they prepared divination papers to find out where theywere.

But also at this time, people will find a striking red tile hidden in the bush, which is built in the Wudang Shinto Chaotian Palace.

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