With a population of more than 37 million, Tokyo is the biggest metro area in the world, filled with bright lights, big ...

With festivals taking place throughout the year in Tokyo, you have a good chance that your trip will coincide with a ...

Police said the man allegedly defaced the pillar of a shrine gate in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward on Tuesday ... into a wooden pillar at a UNESCO-listed temple in the historic city of Nara, Japan ...

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

The oldest religious site in Tokyo is also its most visited. The Senso-ji Temple sees about 30 million annual visitors and its inception dates all the way back to year 628. Despite its claim to ...

Known for its majestic Hozomon Gate, Sensō-ji is the oldest temple in Tokyo; a five-storey pagoda and Buddhist place of worship that instantly transports you to 7th-Century Japan. Visitors to ...

Located in the Asakusa district, Sensoji is Tokyo’s most famous Buddhist temple, and undoubtedly deserves a spot on the itinerary of any first-time visitor to the city. It’s particularly popular with ...

Despite being in the Kamakura area, it’s off the beaten path, so it draws more devotees than tourists checking off yet another temple on their ... a Washington-born and Tokyo-based photographer ...

A few hours after sundown last week, Thi Tu Luong dragged her suitcase down a side street in Tokyo’s business district, looking for the temple that would take her in for the night. Luong ...