Built in 1920, this revered Shinto shrine in Tokyo sees around 3 million visitors every year. Despite this, it's an oasis of ...

Over time, Japanese gardens have evolved to serve different ... Kamakura is worth the hour-long train journey from Tokyo for its historical shrines and temples. Houkokuji Temple, in particular ...

At temples and shrines in Japan, visitors choose fortunes written on strips of paper. Bad fortune? Tie it to a branch to make ...

Plum blossoms are at their best in various parts of Kyoto. Kitano Tenmangu Shrine, known as a famous plum blossom viewing ...

The tea ceremony is tied to “Kitano Dai Chano Yu,” a massive tea party held in the shrine’s garden by warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598) to celebrate his domination of the Kyushu region.

While Japanese gardens provide an important growing environment ... When Oishi surveyed 17 Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines across the city in fiscal 2012, he found a member of the juniper ...

[Story and Settings] Set in Japan predominantly during the late 1990s, The Garden of Sinners follows the story of Shiki Ryougi (両儀式, Ryōgi Shiki), a teenage girl raised as a demon hunter ...

An iconic Japanese shrine that Ghost of Tsushima fans helped repair has now banned all tourists after an “unforgivable” act was committed.

The Tsushima Watazumi Shrine, a place special to both Japanese history and Ghost of Tsushima fans, has banned all tourists until further notice. Apparently, someone has ruined a good thing for ...

The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion) shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. Japanese history credits Meiji for modernizing Japan by incorporating Western ...