Pure white "ginryoso" flowers, or Monotropastrum humile, bloom among fallen leaves at Oomiwa Jinja shrine in Sakurai, Nara ...

The Spring Takayama Festival is the annual festival of Hie Jinja Shinto shrine, also known as "Sanno sama," referring to the guardian deity of the southern half of the former Takayama Castle town.

Following her death, another cat named Nitama ('Second Tama') took over as the new station master, continuing Tama’s legacy ...

With 25 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Japan is ideal for those who like to explore the historical and environmental aspects of ...

All 12 dazzling floats have gathered for the historic Spring Takayama Festival in this central Japan city for the first time in thre･･･ ...

Travelling to Japan was our dream family holiday for over a decade and with three 20-plus-year-olds and two fifty-plus-year-olds there was a great deal of ...

According to an LDP official who is familiar with the situation at the time said, the LDP’s main support groups such as the Nippon Kaigi, a conservative movement group, and the Jinja Honcho ...

With 103 buildings, which are part of two Shinto shrines (The Tôshôgû and The Futarasan-jinja), and one Buddhist temple (The Rinnô-ji), these form a single complex together and are situated in Tochigi ...

The entrance to Ikuta Jinja Shrine in Kobe At noon, go to the Shinto shrine of Ikuta Jinja, one of the oldest of its kind in the country. Then, grab some lunch in the Nankin-machi neighborhood where ...