Princess Aiko visited Meiji Shrine in Tokyo to pay her respects to Empress Shoken on April 10, the day before the 110th anniversary of her death. This marked the young princess’s first official ...

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 ...

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Japanese grand sumo champion Yokozuna Terunofuji and two other sumo wrestlers formally opened the 2025 sumo wrestling season during an annual sumo ritual held at the Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo.

"Every year around New Year's Day and the end of the year, there is big news about airplane accidents which is a bit too overwhelming for children, so I hope that this year will be as peaceful as ...

Shrines are expected to be crowded on Wednesday, the first day of the Year of the Snake in the Chinese zodiac. Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, in particular, welcomes a huge wave of worshippers each year from ...