Not everywhere in Japan is suffering from overtourism, says Kate Crockett – the rural Noto Peninsula is welcoming tourists ...

Similarly, the maritime force has not confirmed whether the trainees visited the Shinto shrine's main ... Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan’s war dead, is located in that district.

This week, three metres of powder snow will coat Japan’s Central Alps, a region Nobel Laureate Yasunari Kawabata labelled ...

The 150-plus-island archipelago has drawn megacity transplants seeking a more relaxed pace of life in tune with the rhythms ...

With Tokyo as the crown jewel, you can have a rich experience to last you a lifetime. 4 days is just enough time to see the ...

An event marking the start of tourist season in the Gifu Prefecture part of the Northern Japanese Alps was held at Murakami ...

Interested visitors, Thai and Japanese, are invited to worship at the Shinto Shrine Si Racha at the Semi-Outdoor zone, 1st floor of Central Si Racha in Chon Buri. The recently-unveiled shrine ...

Learn how to talk about religion in Japanese with practical vocabulary, phrases and cultural tips. Includes real-life ...

In Nagasaki, Japan, the bobtail cat is more than just ... are celebrated by a dedicated society and even have their own Shinto shrine. Kazuya Hideshima, who works at the Omagari Neko Shrine ...

Every 20 years, Ise Jingu — the most revered Shinto shrine in Japan — is knocked down and rebuilt from scratch, a tradition that has been carried out for more than a millennia. The Ise Jingu is a ...