Shinto shrines

SPECIAL POST — Torii are familiar to people outside of Japan as a symbol of the land of the rising sun, but many solvers were unsure of the word when it appeared in the Tuesday, Mar. 20 crossword puzzle by Andrew Zhou. It has appeared 63 times in The New York Times Crossword. These gates, which ...

They also depicted ornamental cornices that are commonly found on Shinto shrine gables. The structure at the center is rather small compared with the others. One has a ladder leading to a raised platform and another has "munamochi-bashira,” an outside post to hold the ridge. “The structure with ...

The name of the Shinto shrine, Ouo, which means large fish in Japanese, derives from a legendary story featuring a guardian fish. Around 1693, local residents were being harassed by a nasty regional government official. They decided to throw a party for the official so they invited him to Okinoshima island.

In Japanese, the word 'Torii' literally translated means 'bird abode'. They're traditionally found at the openings of Shinto shrines. Passing through them is seen to represent a special crossing, from the mundane to the sacred. The most famous of these gates is found by Itsukushima island, near Hiroshima ...

She asked that the Association of Shinto Shrines, which oversees all of Japan's shrines, approve her ascension, and when they failed to respond, Nagako withdrew Tomioka Hachimangu from ... One of the more interesting aspects of this lurid story is the idea of a Shinto shrine as a lucrative family business.

DISPLAY: Chris Mantle of the Port Lincoln Muroto Friendship Group next to the mikoshi in its new display case. Port Lincoln's mikoshi is on display at the Nautilus Arts Centre for two months, with the aim of it being seen by more people in the future. The mikoshi, a portable Shinto shrine, was gifted from the ...

With Wes Anderson's new film Isle of Dogs, out March 23, the director and composer Alexandre Desplat continue their fruitful collaboration. The duo's previous pairings have included 2009's Fantastic Mr. Fox, for which Desplat's score was Oscar-nominated and, more recently for 2014's The Grand Budapest ...

"Now the balloon's up and they're under starter's orders," I barked. "Regal Monarch, the favourite, looking settled with the inside draw … " No interest from the sacred horse standing before me, the sole inhabitant in a sacred stable, though a crowd of Japanese inspecting wooden carvings nearby became ...

An 18-year-old high school sprinter gearing up for the upcoming university entrance exams won the annual "Lucky Man" footrace early Wednesday morning at a major Shinto shrine in western Japan. Kurosu Sato, a third-year student from Ashiya in Hyogo Prefecture, beat 107 other runners in the first group ...

A violent attack with Japanese swords and survival knives at Tokyo's famed Tomioka Hachimangu shrine has left three dead — including the chief priestess and her brother — in an apparent family feud that turned deadly. Head priestess Nagako Tomioka, 58, and the two suspected attackers, her brother ...