One of the world’s most populous cities, Tokyo brings together many of the elements that make Japan so popular with travelers ...

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.

Map of places to visit around Tokyo Make your first morning in Tokyo a mellow one with a trip to the venerable Meiji Jingu. Built to enshrine the spirits of Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken in ...

A stately avenue formed by gingko trees in Tokyo’s leafy Meiji Jingu Gaien area is now lit up at night. The nighttime illumination is for 64 of the 146 trees in various autumn hues lined up in ...

After that, head over to the Harajuku area for a walk around Meiji Jingu, Tokyo’s grandest shrine. Dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shōken, it was first built in 1920 and then rebuilt in ...

Despite widening opposition and criticism from big-name celebrities, developers plan to start chopping down tall trees in August for the redevelopment of Tokyo’s Meiji Jingu Gaien area ...

A group of residents is suing Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward over a controversial redevelopment project in the Meiji Jingu Gaien district. The plaintiffs are demanding the revocation of a permit issued by ...