A big part of what makes Japan so fascinating is how the traditional and modern aspects of the country ... we were taking one of our usual ambling exploratory strolls when we spotted a sign underneath ...

A 65-year-old U.S. citizen named Steven Lee Hayes on Nov. 14 was accused of defacing the shrine's entry gate. Japanese authorities accused Hayes of using his fingernails to scratch his initials in ...

Yushima Tenmangu shrine in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward enshrines Sugawara no Michizane, known as the "god of studies." Before the entrance exam ... are written on the ema. Japanese original Easy Japanese ...

The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion) shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. Japanese history credits Meiji for modernizing Japan by incorporating Western ...

Two tourists have been accused of disrespecting Japanese culture after filming ... holding a handstand at the shrine entrance. Torii gates are traditionally found at the entrance of or within ...