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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...