Shintō Comes to America (Stockton, MA)
Priests bowing before shrine at the Tsubaki America Grand Shrine in Stockton, California, circa 1995
Purification: Wand or Waterfall (Pilchuck River, WA)
Immersion in the flowing waters of a river purifies and refreshes practitioners of Shintō (Photo: Courtesy of Kannagara Jinja) pluralism.org
Shintō Comes to America
Offerings next to kamidama, the household altar of Tsubaki America Grand Shrine
Preparing for misogi, or water purification, in the Pilchuck River, Washington (Photo: Courtesy of Kannagara Jinja) pluralism.org
The Way of the Kami (Stockton, CA)
Shintō priest at Tsubaki America Grand Shrine in Stockton, California, circa 1995 pluralism.org
The Way of the Kami (Granite Falls, WA)
Interior of Kannagara Jinja in Granite Falls, Washington (Photo: Courtesy of Kannagara Jinja) pluralism.org
