Sacred logs were transported to Ise Jingu in central Japan's Mie Prefecture in preparation for a centuries-old ceremony to rebuild the shrine's structures.

People in central Japan's Mie Prefecture hauled massive tree trunks upriver and over land to Ise Jingu. The event on June 9 and 10 was part of a ceremony to rebuild the shrine's main sanctuary every ...

Hundreds of people on June 9 welcomed the arrival of the sacred wood that will be used to rebuild a divine palace at Ise ...

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Police in central Japan say a Peruvian man, who was arrested after driving the wrong way on an expressway and causing a series of crashes, has admitted that he drank alcohol before the incident.

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The traditional Misoma Hajime Sai ceremony, in which sacred trees are felled for timber to house Shinto deities at the famed ...

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