I eavesdropped on a tour guide with salt-and-pepper hair explaining that more than 2,000 years ago, Amaterasu-Omikami, the Sun Goddess ... thank-you spirit of the Japanese, at Shiogama, a sacred ...

According to the Kojiki, the ancient written record of Japanese history and legend, the Yata no Kagami was made by the deity Ishikoridome. After the sun goddess Amaterasu fought with her brother ...

In fact, it's the mirror of the great Japanese sun goddess, Amaterasu. By ancient tradition, Amaterasu at the dawn of time ordered her grandson to descend from heaven to rule over Japan ...

According to Japanese chronicles, his great-great-grandmother was the sun goddess Amaterasu Ōmikami. However, there’s some debate as to whether or not Jimmu actually ever existed. At the end of ...

Stone Age hunters and gatherers who make jomon (rope-patterned) pottery inhabit Japan. 660 B.C. Mythological Jimmu ("Divine Warrior"), descendant of sun goddess Amaterasu Omikami, founds empire. YAYOI ...

In the Kannamesai festival, the year’s new rice harvest is offered to Amaterasu, the sun goddess, to pray for a rich harvest and the continued health of the imperial family and the Japanese nation.

Japan claims to have the world's oldest continuing monarchy. According to legends, the royal family are descendants of the sun goddess Amaterasu. Until the end of World War Two, emperors were seen ...