The spread of Inari belief in the West has taken an important step forward with the launch of an exciting new website dedicated to the deity. It can be found at the following address: http://www.inarishrine.com/
The site is still under … Read the rest
Fue and Shinto by Graham Ranft
In this current digital/digitised age I wonder if the appeal of Shinto for Westerners is about a more natural spirituality and also as a way of reconnecting with that world we lose as we … Read the rest
From Paris comes news of a major development in Shinto terms. Masatsugu Okutani has written in to notify us of the Sanctuaire Yabuhara, through which he is offering services as a licensed priest. It is an outreach of the Yabuhara … Read the rest
The International Shinto Foundation has a centre in midtown Manhattan, and in the article below Stacy Smith reports on a purification and explanation session that took place one New Year. It’s instructive not only for what it has to say … Read the rest
There are several reasons for thinking that Inari may be the most suitable kami for spreading to the West. Of the three most common kami in Japan – Hachiman, Tenjin and Inari – Inari okami is most clearly animist in … Read the rest
From the Musings of an Ujiko site, I learnt that like the recently featured Brooklyn Garden Inari Shrine, there is an Inari Shrine in the Waipahu Cultural Garden in Hawaii. It adds to the list of Shinto structures … Read the rest
New York’s Brooklyn is famous for its ethnic diversity, and it brings to mind many images from popular American movies. One thing you wouldn’t associate it with is a Shinto connection! Yet in its Botanic Garden is an Inari … Read the rest
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