An American tourist was arrested for vandalism at a historic shrine in Tokyo a day after arriving in the country on vacation ...

With onsen hot springs, ancient shrines and great forests of broadleaf and conifer trees that conceal galloping waterfalls, ...

OTSU—The centuries-old Otsu Festival, featuring parades of lavishly decorated floats adorned with mechanical puppets, will ...

Visits by Japanese leaders to the controversial ... that it would avoid making a group visit to the shrine because it falls during the Lower House election campaign period. Ishiba didn’t ...

The shrine includes 14 Japanese wartime leaders ... Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and has called a snap election of Japan's lower house of parliament this month. Polls indicate his ruling Liberal ...

No Cabinet ministers visited the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo during its three-day autumn festival that ended on Saturday. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba only made a ritual masakaki tree ...

The shrine includes 14 Japanese wartime leaders ... Mr Ishiba called a snap election of Japan’s Lower House of Parliament in October, with polls indicating his ruling Liberal Democratic Party ...

Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari, the Shinto deity of rice and sake (Japanese rice wine). The shrine complex dates back ...

Japan may be less well known for cycling ... up a country road outside the city of Imari, past small houses and outbuildings, to a shrine called Dake. Liew explained that it was dedicated to ...

the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands, soaked a massive felled tree in the ocean for 12 months. Once dried, the solidified trunk became the center pillar of a house, with everything else ...

The shrine includes 14 Japanese wartime leaders convicted ... and he has called a snap election of Japan’s lower house of parliament. Polls indicate his ruling Liberal Democratic Party is at risk of ...

One of its highlights is the Ninja House, which may appear like an ordinary farmhouse ... Ise Jingu, or Ise Grand Shrine, is one of the most significant Shinto shrines in Japan, comprising a total of ...