SANBAGAWA, Gunma Prefecture--Benmou Suzuki’s dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest ... shrine and a church. A surge in religious properties coming up for sale has Japanese ...

DAZAIFU, Fukuoka Prefecture--A temporary “floating forest” will adorn ... The complex is one of Japan’s most historically and culturally significant shrines. For the three years when ...

Each of these temples and shrines offers a unique cultural and spiritual experience. Be sure to pay a visit during your next ...

Japanese police have arrested a 65-year-old American tourist for allegedly defacing a Tokyo shrine. The man, identified as Steve Hayes, is accused of using his fingernails to scratch five letters ...

Overseeing more than 3000 Kumano shrines in Japan ... “There is a spirit called Kodama which appears in the forest in Japanese anime director Hayao Miyazaki’s movie Princess Mononoke.

Rising above rice fields like a giant broccoli is this sacred chinju-no-mori, or shrine grove. Science journal Nature published 51 contributions by Minakata Kumagusu, a distinguished Japanese ...

the Japanese commemorated their contributions with the Meiji Shrine. While the buildings are certainly worth visiting, the surrounding forest (considered part of the vast Yoyogi Park) is a sight ...

While Spain's headline trail now attracts up to half a million pilgrims a year, its twin is often uncrowded and offers a ...