The Daijingu Temple of Hawaii in Nuuanu will offer blessings to New Year’s revelers — and their pets, if they so choose — starting at midnight through 5:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 1. The Shinto temple is ...

HONOLULU (KITV4) - A tradition more than a century old of ushering in the new year with a blessing continues despite the rain and the coronavirus. A couple of thousand people on Oahu braved the rain ...

Wilma Muneoka held her pet Ellie while Sean Kimizuka performed a blessing. Clinton Leong, Muneoka’s husband, with his dog Bunni, waited behind her for their turn. About 4,000 people were expected to ...

Japan's Shinto belief system is not an organized religion, but rather a collection of beliefs and practices centered around the natural world and ancestry. Though it was originally not an image−based ...

TOKYO (AP) — Almost weekly Momo Nomura makes time to visit Shinto shrines. She performs the prescribed rituals — cleansing her hands, ringing a bell, bowing and clapping. But her main purpose is ...

Got plans for the new year? On December 31 just before midnight, you can line up to get a good luck blessing at a Nuuanu Shinto temple. Every year, many people and dozens of pets get a traditional ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (KITV) — Got plans for the new year? On December 31 just before midnight, you can line up to get a good luck blessing at a Nuuanu Shinto temple. Every year, many people and dozens of ...