Glance around the grounds and listen to discover that not only devout followers and tourists congregate at shrines and ...

SANBAGAWA, Gunma Prefecture--Benmou Suzuki’s dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest ... shrine and a church. A surge in religious properties coming up for sale has Japanese ...

Akabane Hachiman Shrine has a very long history, having been founded roughly 1,225 years ago. The key figure in its creation was Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, a samurai general and later shogun during the ...

The shrine honours Japan's war dead but also convicted World War Two criminals A Chinese man accused of buying spray paint which was used to write the word "toilet" on a controversial Japanese ...

the Japanese commemorated their contributions with the Meiji Shrine. While the buildings are certainly worth visiting, the surrounding forest (considered part of the vast Yoyogi Park) is a sight ...

Rising above rice fields like a giant broccoli is this sacred chinju-no-mori, or shrine grove. Science journal Nature published 51 contributions by Minakata Kumagusu, a distinguished Japanese ...

Japan has many spiritual and geological sites to honor snakes. Here are our top picks to start 2025 on the right foot. According to local legend, a blacksmith from Kyoto was looking to forge a sword ...

A Chinese man who has been accused of spray painting the word "toilet" and urinating on a pillar at a controversial Japanese shrine has been arrested, say local media reports. The man was arrested ...

Japanese police have arrested a 65-year-old American tourist for allegedly defacing a Tokyo shrine. The man, identified as Steve Hayes, is accused of using his fingernails to scratch five letters ...