If anything, they did it on a grander scale.

The controversy surrounding Assassin's Creed Shadows hasn't escaped the attention of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, especially when it comes to the in-game defacing of a Shinto shrine.

Specifically, the Watazumi Shrine located on Japan’s Tsushima Island will only allow access to those using the Shinto shrine for worship. Tourists banned after “unforgivable act of disrespect ...

Instead, Ishiba plans to make a ritual "masakaki" tree offering to the Shinto shrine as he did during its autumn festival in October. The spring festival is scheduled for Monday through Wednesday.

The Shinto Association of Spiritual Leadership was formed in 1969 as an affiliate of the Association of Shinto Shrines, an influential group representing about 80,000 shrines nationwide.

he Kumano Hongu Shrine Spring Festival, held every year from April 13 to 15, is one of the most important Shinto events in Wakayama Prefecture. It takes place at Kumano Hongu Shrine, one of the Three ...