Jujutsu Kaisen draws inspiration from Japanese mythology. Here's a look at the mythology behind Ryomen Sukuna's character.

Japanese gods like the deity Kannon were also used to secretly represent the Virgin Mary. "For more than 200 years they had no contact with [foreign] missionaries. So it became a very local ...

Chiran, now part of this city, hosted an Imperial Japanese Army base that pilots used. Kuwashiro, then a teenager, revered them like gods. She could hardly control her emotions when she thought ...

Japan has seven “lucky” gods. According to legend, they sail into harbor on New Year’s morning on their treasure ship to bring luck to believers. In keeping with that belief, completing a pilgrimage ...

There are at least 20 Hindu deities that are regularly worshiped in Japan, even as some of them have long been forgotten in India. Amongst the deities worshipped in Japan, one can see the idols of ...

When I think of autumn in Japan, I think of chestnuts, matsutake mushrooms and persimmons. Persimmons were known to the ancient Greeks as the “fruit of the gods”, and with good reason.

Born from a volcanic eruption around 2,000 years ago, Japan’s mysterious Mashu-ko, or Lake Mashu, located on the island of Hokkaido, is rumoured to be one of the clearest lakes in the world.