An auspicious white boar at Goou Jinja shrine in Kyoto recently captured visitors' attention. The Shinto shrine hopes the animal will bring people comfort and help them look ahead despite the year starting with a powerful earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture.
Jiun Ho may have been born in Malaysia and have lived in the U.S. for decades, but his spiritual home has always been Japan. The designer last visited the c.