Unlike many shrines, Kashihara Jingu is bare of paint. That absence of colour as well as the massive wooden pillars and ...

The ultimate design-lover's guide to where to stay, what to eat, and the sites you can't miss in the historic Japanese city.

My first trip to Sapporo last month made me fall in love with Japan even more. It's not only the delicious food and nice ...

Stops and Shops: Takeshita Street, home to Tokyo’s streetwear and kawaii culture. Takashimaya, 20 minutes north on the metro ...

Sakurayama Shrine, located in the center of Morioka, remains an essential part of daily life. This shrine, along with the Iwate Museum of Art, makes the perfect stop on a tour of Morioka. Sakurayama ...

With Tokyo as the crown jewel, you can have a rich experience to last you a lifetime. 4 days is just enough time to see the highlights of Tokyo and get an understanding of the Japanese culture. But ...

The gathering place for the cats is a small Shinto shrine in the resort town of Ushimado in southern Japan, surrounded by cherry trees and high up on the edge of a bay. The steps lead down to a ...

Take off on a nine-day, small-group trip to Japan showcasing the skyscrapers and Shinto shrines of Tokyo, the Samurai districts of the coastal city of Kanazawa, and the Zen temples and textile ...

SHIMOSUWA, Nagano -- A rare Shinto "porridge ritual" to predict the ... shinji" porridge ritual at Suwa Taisha's Shimosha Harumiya shrine in Shimosuwa, Nagano Prefecture, Jan. 14, 2025.

On New Year’s Day especially, prayers pile up at Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples throughout Japan. Written on wooden plaques, called ema, these wishes float to the heavens. “Find me.

In 1964, Madeleine Edison Sloane traveled to Japan and visited Iwashimizu Hachimangu, a Shinto shrine located in Kyoto Prefecture near ... He also installed a small manual printing press in it, ...