Assassin's Creed Shadows has faced some trouble and potential legal action over its treatment of shrines. In line with this, ...

Fairly early on, when you gain control of Naoe and explore the open-world, you’ll come across Shinto shrines with torii gates indicating its entrance. The game will tell you not to climb them to ...

Visiting a shrine is an enriching experience to have in Japan, but there's one shrine etiquette rule that too many tourists ...

where the shrine sits. Sometimes in dense rows and other times more staggered, the gates are all engraved with the names of Shinto devotees who donated them. It takes about three hours to make the ...

We have heard several takes about the controversy surrounding Assassin's Creed Shadows, and now, even the Japanese Prime Minister has stepped in to talk about it.

The earthquake and tsunami had damaged over 4,000 Shinto shrines, small and large, and all had at least one Torii gate. To make things even harder, the coastal region still looked as if the ...

This shrine in Kumamoto Pref. was razed in the 2016 earthquake. The seven-year restoration fused traditional craftsmanship with the latest technology. It had a magnitude of 7.3 and a reading of 7 ...

KYOTO--Cultural treasures usually off-limits to the public are unveiled at Buddhist temples, Shinto ... temple's Sanmon gate and its Ohojo and Kohojo guesthouses, Yasakajinja shrine, Chishaku ...