American Kit Cox, 35, works as an electrical engineer and enjoys biking and playing piano. But what some might consider surprising about Cox, who was raised as Methodist, is that she practices the ...

ISE, Japan — Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests keep watch as woodsmen dressed in ceremonial white chop their axes into two ancient cypress trees, timing their swings so that ...

Marie Kondo's Netflix series, "Sparking Joy with Marie Kondo," which premiered Aug. 31, is sparking curiosity once more about the Japanese organization maven's personal brand of spirituality. Kondo ...

TOKYO — 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 good health ...

Followers and people who practice Shintoism poured cold water on themselves for the annual cold-endurance festival in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday. UPI was there: People poured the water on themselves for ...