Ray Tsuchiyama has written in with an article which appeared in an edition of Hana Hou!, the magazine of Hawaiian Airlines. Entitled The Last Jinja, it tells the story of the last standing shrine on the island of Maui. … Read the rest
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Brook’s Co., Ltd. is a Japanese chain of tea and coffee shops, and they recently opened a Japanese tea room called “Koshuen” at 258 rue Saint-Honoré in Paris.
Prior to the opening, a traditional ceremony “Koto-oe-no-mi-matsuri” was performed by Masa … Read the rest
A Shinto wedding followed by a certificate from Kyoto city – the promotion scheme has been much in the news over the past few days as the first of the international marriage certificates was handed over to the lucky

As reported previously on Green Shinto, the Sanctuary Yabuhara based in Paris has been working on a project related to the Japanese members of the French Foreign Legion. On March 21st, the spring equinox, a ceremony took place in … Read the rest
Green Shinto has previously featured the work of Shinto priest Masatsugu Okutani in Paris. Now comes news of a conference and photo exhibition held on Feb 12, ‘the first time for France to have such a conference specially … Read the rest
Last autumn on Oct. 1, a ceremony was carried out in the UK that was ground-breaking historically as well as literally. It involved the planting of trees under the auspices of a Shinto priest, the first of its type … Read the rest