While cherry blossoms are often seen as the quintessential Japanese ... the shrine to pray for academic success, tying countless ema (wooden prayer plaques) to the shrine’s grounds. For temple ...

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NIKAHO, Akita -- Large cod were carried in procession and dedicated to a local Shinto shrine in this northern Japan city Feb. 4 in a unique festival traditionally held around the first day of ...

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TOKYO (AP) — Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water on Saturday in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese tradition to purify the soul and pray for ...