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Japan's Princess Aiko visits Ise Jingu shrine

Japan's Princess Aiko (C), the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, visits Ise Jingu shrine in Ise in the central Japan prefecture of Mie on March 26, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Lady Gaga Sparks Pregnancy Rumors

File photo - Lady Gaga attends the Premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' 'A Star Is Born' at the Shrine Auditorium on September 24, 2018 in Los Angeles, CA, USA - Lady Gaga has sparked rumors she's pregnant with her first child after attending her sister's wedding in Maine over the weekend. Photo by Lionel Hahn/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cod Festival in Nikaho, Akita Pref.

NIKAHO, Japan - A child watches cod carried during the annual "Kakeyo Matsuri" (Cod Festival) held in Nikaho, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 4, 2014. In the event, cod brought to the Konoura fishing port are carried to a local Shinto shrine.

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Crown Prince, family visit Ise Jingu

ISE, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (2nd from L), his wife Crown Princess Masako (3rd from L) and their child Princess Aiko visit the outer shrine of Ise Jingu in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on July 29, 2014.

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Crown prince, family visit Ise Jingu

ISE, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito, his wife Crown Princess Masako and their child Princess Aiko (from L, front) visit the Geku, or the outer shrine, of Ise Jingu, a Shinto shrine complex in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on July 29, 2014.

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260-kg tuna offered at shrine for business prosperity

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - A child held up by an adult puts a coin atop a 260-kilogram tuna offered at the Nishinomiya Shrine, which enshrines the god of business prosperity, in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 8, 2010. The tuna was offered by a local marine products wholesalers' group to the shrine and worshippers placed coins on its body and prayed for economic fortune as an annual event that started in 1970.

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Snow in Kyoto

A child plays in the snow near Heian Jingu shrine in Kyoto on Jan. 21, 2022.

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Minatogawa Shrine at Kobe, Japan

Beautiful Japanese promotional postcard for the Toyo Kisen Kaisha Shipping Company which ran services between San Francisco, China and Japan. The mian image shows Kusunoki Masashige, a 14th-century samurai who fought for Emperor Go-Daigo, taking leave of his son at Sakurai-no-Eki before heading off to war. The inset image shows the Minatogawa Shrine at Kobe, Japan. Date: 14th century

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People pray for prosperity by sticking coins on tuna

A child visiting Nishinomiya Shrine, known as the head shrine of the Ebisu deity of economic fortune, in the western Japan city of Nishinomiya, attaches a coin onto a large tuna on Jan. 8, 2016. A fishery cooperative in nearby Kobe began offering a tuna to the shrine in 1970 at New Year to pray for a bumper catch and every year visitors place coins on it in hope of gaining more money in the coming year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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The shrine at the top of Mt. Atago

This seems to have been copied from the June 12, 1871 issue of The Far East, then tinted and sold as a photograph. The Far East, which later became a monthly illustrated magazine, was an English-language newspaper with photographs printed on albumen paper and glued to the pages. Each photograph was printed using natural light and so a variety of negatives was used. This photograph depicts seven children. The building in the back is Atago Shinto Shrine, the deity of which was worshipped for protection from fire.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number90‐26‐0]

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The Sanmon Gate of Yasaka Shrine,Gion,Kyoto

View of the western romon gate of Yasaka Shinto Shrine. Statues of komainu (guardian dogs) stand on both sides of the gate. Rickshaw drivers are relaxing while women and children stand in front of the stone walls and gate. A gaslight and electric pole are visible near the stone walls. The gate roof was covered with hinoki tree bark in 1497 and re-covered with roof tiles during the Eiroku Period (1558-1570). The gate in the picture is painted red, with a kirizuma style roof and roof tiles. There are statues of two ministers within the shrine grounds.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number87‐37‐0]

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People in a shopping district

The votive lantern in the rear suggests that this is an autumn festival. The many paper dogs and the people apparently going to a shrine with their dogs also suggest that this festival is related to the year of the dog in the Chinese zodiac.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐125‐0]

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Tamazawa Inari Shrine

Family snapshot taken at the foot of the stairs of Tamasawa Inari Shrine in Asahi Village, Ibaraki Prefecture. This shrine is said to have been established near a natural spring on the way to Mutsu where Minamoto Yoriyoshi and Yoshiie, father and son, prayed for victory over the Abe clan. They ordered Kamakura Gondayuu to build the shrine in 1063. The deity enshrined here is Ukanomitama-no mikoto.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐64‐0]

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Pupils on a school trip

A group portrait taken in front of Jingubashi (bridge) during school trip. Harajuku Station was originally built in October 1906, a little closer (north) to Yoyogi than its present location. Meiji Jingu was completed in November, 1919. Jingubashi was built in September 1920 across the Yamanote Line from the Omote Sando (front approach) to the shrine. Kabashima Masayoshi, who founded the first bridge design engineering company in Japan, participated in the construction project. The grove on the far right is part of Meiji Jingu. The left edge of this photograph is now Yoyogi Park. Probably taken between 1921 and 1923.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐37‐0]

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A passenger on a horse and the driver

A man in a loincloth is pulling a horse with a rider. Part of a torii shrine gate and a small child are visible on the right.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐71‐0]

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Cherry trees at Yasukuni Shrine,Kudan

Children enjoy the cherry blossoms while babysitting. Several hundred plum and cherry trees were planted at Yasukuni Shinto Shrine, and today there are said to be about 1,000 cherry trees there. The arrival of the cherry blossom season is predicted on the basis of the cherry trees at this shrine. The main hall enshrines a holy mirror made of ebony by Goto Kosuke and embellished with imaginary birds, dragons, chrysanthemum flowers and paulownia leaves. The window panes were made in Germany.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐58‐0]

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Traveling family of pilgrims

Pilgrim family of three with hats, bags, canes and sandals on their feet. The background is a shrine.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number18‐22‐0]

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A bronze horse at Suwa Shrine

A bronze horse at Suwa Shinto Shrine in Nagasaki, and a mother and child looking at the horse. This bronze horse was presented to the authorities for use during World War Ⅱ when metal was collected. It does not exist at present. The caption reads Bronze horse in front of the Osuwa in Nagasaki in German.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number1‐20‐0]

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Crown prince, family visit Ise Jingu

ISE, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito, his wife Crown Princess Masako and their child Princess Aiko (from L, front) visit the Geku, or the outer shrine, of Ise Jingu, a Shinto shrine complex in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on July 29, 2014. (Kyodo)

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260-kg tuna offered at shrine for business prosperity

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - A child held up by an adult puts a coin atop a 260-kilogram tuna offered at the Nishinomiya Shrine, which enshrines the god of business prosperity, in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 8, 2010. The tuna was offered by a local marine products wholesalers' group to the shrine and worshippers placed coins on its body and prayed for economic fortune as an annual event that started in 1970. (Kyodo)

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Tuna offered at western Japan shrine

A child presses a coin on a tuna offered at Nishinomiya shrine in the western Japan city of Nishinomiya on Jan. 8, 2020, praying for good fortune. The shrine is dedicated to Ebisu, a deity of fishing and business prosperity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Western Japan shrine ritual

A demon holds a crying child during a traditional ritual to pray for a good rice harvest at Shiide Itsukushima Jinja, a Shinto shrine, in the western Japan town of Kudoyama, Wakayama Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Demon shows up in traditional shrine ritual

A demon holds a crying child during a traditional shrine ritual to pray for a good rice harvest on Aug. 16, 2017, in the western Japan town of Kudoyama. While performing a dance, the demon made children giggle or scared them, filling the shrine grounds with their laughter and shouts. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo