In Tokyo, participants braved frigid conditions at the Kanda Myojin Shrine for a traditional Japanese ritual aimed at purifying the soul and ushering in good health for the new year. Clad in minimal ...

Two tourists have been accused of disrespecting Japanese culture after filming gymnastics moves at a sacred shrine in Hokkaido ... started constructing a large black screen on a stretch of ...

TOKYO (AP) — Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water on Saturday in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese ... men with just white loincloth around ...

Otajinja shrine in Taisei district here is well known for its pedestrian approach, described as the “most life-threatening” in Japan ... Young people in white costumes brave the risky ...

The shrine honours Japan's war dead but also convicted World War Two criminals A Chinese man accused of buying spray paint which was used to write the word "toilet" on a controversial Japanese ...