An annual spring Shinto festival has started at a shrine near Lake Biwa in Japan's western prefecture of Shiga.

“There are people out there who want a temple, even a mountain temple ... Owning a temple, shrine or church recognized as a religious corporation in Japan can confer sizeable tax benefits.

The Nakasendo road still exists in its entirety - as do dozens of the post towns it weaves between - and can form an epic walking itinerary across central Japan. View on euronews ...

visitors can see a small shrine building in a rock cavern about the size of four tatami mats. That spot within the mountain offers a breathtaking view of the Sea of Japan with Okushirito island in ...

Overseeing more than 3000 Kumano shrines in Japan, it is a doyen of religion ... With an assortment of bamboo forests, beaches, mountain passes and terraced rice fields, the route became popular ...

The Koumano Kodo pilgrimage trail is home to some of Japan's most spiritual sites with temples, shrines and beautiful forests.

High up in the Japanese Alps, the only sounds I hear are ... In the background are pale mountains, delicate cherry blossoms, far-off shrines and glimpses of a translucent sea.

Tokyo, Nagano is a magnet for skiers and snowboarders, but it also has temples, macaque monkeys and a town Hokusai painted in The air is crisp, the snow deep and undisturbed. The Japanese Alps tower ...

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 ...