“It looks like it will die,” Nishibori said of the cherry tree, “but it’s not going to die. The next spring, there will be ...

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 ...

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) ...