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

Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari, the Shinto deity of rice and sake (Japanese rice wine). The shrine complex dates back ...

“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.

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.

Our destination? A hidden shrine tucked deep in the woods where time feels as though it has stood still for centuries. According to Japanese legend, the sun goddess Amaterasu hid in a cave after ...

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

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 ...

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 ...