Gion Festival. Children dressed for Shinto dances pose for photographer at the Yasaka Shrine.

Portrait of young shrine maiden employed to welcome visitors supervise offerings and perform sacred dances for the Shinto gods or kami.

Portrait of young shrine maiden employed to welcome visitors supervise offerings and perform sacred dances for the Shinto gods or kami. Head and shoulders three-quarter portrait to left carrying p...

Women performing gagaku in Sagimori Shinto shrine.Asia Asian Japanese Nihon Nippon Religion Religious Asia Asian Japanese Nihon Nippon Religion Religious

Temple maidens or Miko performing gayaku in Sagimori Shinto shrine.Asia Asian Japanese Nihon Nippon Religion Religious Asia Asian Japanese Nihon Nippon Religion Religious

Omikuju fortunes written on paper strips at Shinto shrine. If the prediction is bad it is tied to a pine tree in the temple grounds so the bad luck will remain with the tree.Asia Asian Japanese Niho...

Shinto wedding with bride in traditional dress and elaborate hairstyle

Izumo. Priests striking large drum during worship at Izumo-Taisha one of the oldest Shinto shrines in the country dedicated to Okuninushi-no-Mikoto.

Nikko. Shinto priests watch and bow as the omikoshi or residence of the local kami or deity is carried past at Futara-gu Jinga during the Tosho-gu festival.Mikoshi

Nezu Jinja. Shinto priests give sake to bride and groom both in traditional costume as part of Shinto wedding ceremony

Nezu. Newlyweds after conclusion of Shinto ceremony at Nezu Jinja both in traditional costume while a Shinto priest waits for them

Nezu. Shinto priest leads newly married couple out of Nezu Jinja shrine after Shinto ceremony with bride and groom in traditional costume