I wanted to make a point of placing the monsters within the daily life of Tokyo,” says the photographer Tess Ayano, who spent ...

A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan after being accused of vandalizing a shrine. Steve Lee Hayes was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of property damage, a Tokyo Metropolitan ...

From Mt Fuji to onsens, cafes, and more, explore Fujiyoshida, the filming location of 'The Hot Spot', a new Japanese sci-fi ...

Japan is home to tens of thousands of Shinto shrines each dedicated to specific ... after you have taken a moment to bow at ...

A Shinto shrine that's believed to have influenced ... an undisclosed incident involving foreigners. Named Watazumi Shrine, the Japanese site is found on Tsushima Island, which sits to the ...

In the years since, though, the Nagasaki Prefecture Shinto ... Japan’s largest and most famous shrines have admission gates (i.e. gates where a staff member sells tickets or otherwise regulates entry) ...

One can’t ignore that Ghost of Tsushima made this shrine famous. At long last, a Japanese shrine has banned ... acts would be deemed blasphemous in a Shinto shrine like Watazumi shrine.

It has to do with the game’s treatment and representation of Japan’s shrines ... included the destruction of the interior of a Shinto shrine, including the altar and sacred objects.

Instead, Ishiba plans to make a ritual "masakaki" tree offering to the Shinto shrine ... Wednesday. The shrine is regarded by neighboring countries as a symbol of Japan's past militarism because ...

The stray cats that are the stars of this mildly charming Japanese documentary aren’t squatters in a Shinto shrine for spiritual reasons. They’ve just found a convenient location – one with ...

In the years since, though, the Nagasaki Prefecture Shinto ... Japan’s largest and most famous shrines have admission gates (i.e. gates where a staff member sells tickets or otherwise regulates entry) ...