DAZAIFU, Fukuoka Prefecture--A temporary “floating forest ... The complex is one of Japan’s most historically and culturally significant shrines. For the three years when its “honden ...

Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese ...

Japan is a destination people love ... visitors can even step inside the statue. Itsukushima Shrine, on the island of Miyajima, is famous for its floating torii, which appear to float on the ...

Surrounded by the vast Pacific Ocean, Japan’s Ise-Shima region is a place where ancient traditions, spirituality and the ...

Tilt up shot Snowing in winter at Torii Maruyama gate in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Sea view on the way to Itsukushima Shrine on board. Sea view on the way to Itsukushima Shrine on board. floating torii ...

Check out the Mirror Pond and try your luck at the floating paper fortune. Yaegaki Shrine has a key role in one of the most well-known Japanese myths. A couple with eight children pleaded with Susanoo ...

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 ...

Japan has many spiritual and geological sites to honor snakes ... for the emperor and discovered the pure waters surrounding the present-day Kanahebisui Shrine, perfect for forging a worthy weapon.

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 ...