Japan has many spiritual and geological sites to honor snakes. Here are our top picks to start 2025 on the right foot. According to local legend, a blacksmith from Kyoto was looking to forge a sword ...

As Japan’s population falls and interest in religion declines, there are fewer people to contribute to the upkeep of the country’s numerous temples and shrines. Suzuki’s Mikaboyama temple ...

The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion ... was the perfect place for a much-needed break from the concrete jungle. While here, visitors encourage travelers to write down a ...

Each of these temples and shrines offers a unique cultural and spiritual experience. Be sure to pay a visit during your next ...

It is considered one of Japan’s three great Tenjin shrines, alongside Dazaifu Tenmangū in Fukuoka and Kitano Tenmangū in Kyoto. The deity enshrined here, Sugawara no Michizane, was a ...

The shrine honours Japan's war dead but also convicted World War Two criminals A Chinese man accused of buying spray paint which was used to write the word "toilet" on a controversial Japanese ...

Said to be founded 2,300 years ago in 282 BCE, Aso Jinja is one of Japan’s most prestigious shrines.

More than 100 runners, wishing to be this year's "lucky men," have competed in an early morning race at a shrine in western Japan. Nishinomiya Shrine in Hyogo Prefecture holds the traditional ...

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 purify the soul and pray for ...