Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Protecting sacred messengers once resulted in the death penalty under the Nara prefecture law. Shinto legends claim the original ...

Japan’s reputation for orderliness is well known, but a recent video shows it might not just be the people who follow the rules. Two deer were filmed patiently standing at a pedestrian crossing, ...

Protecting sacred messengers once resulted in the death penalty under the Nara prefecture law. Shinto legends claim the original Sika deer once descended with Takemikazuchi bearing a white coat.