Today, the shrine honours Izanami-no-Mikoto, the Japanese deity of creation ... to go into the depths of the ancient Mt Horaiji and discover a temple founded in 703AD that clings onto a rugged ...

Togakushi Shrine comprises five distinct shrine buildings: Okusha, Chusha, Kuzuryusha, Hokosha and Hinomikosha. Each shrine honors different deities from Japan’s Shinto sect. Visitors often trek ...

“It’s already a sense of crisis for us and the religious community,” said an official at Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs, which oversees religious sites. Cases of temple or shrine ...

Over 800 years ago, Kamakura flourished as Japan’s shogunal ... are set up around the shrine, and in the center of the milieu of visitors performers conduct a host of ancient religious rituals ...

Every day, hundreds of people visit Ryoanji Temple to see its Zen rock garden – which is probably the most famous of its kind in Japan ... Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, which were ...

Travellers are spoilt for choice in Japan — whether a first-timer to the country or a repeat visitor, try these alternative ...

(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) TOKYO (AP) -- Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water on Saturday in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese tradition to ...

Players in colorful costumes have staged an ancient ball-kicking game called "kemari" as part of a New Year ritual at a Shinto shrine in Kyoto. "Kemari" was popular among Japanese noblemen in the ...