It takes about three hours to make the trek up the mountain ... and torii gates makes for an eerie and spiritual experience. Early morning is another optimal time to experience the shrine sans ...

Fushimi Inari Taisha is famous for the vermillion shrine gates that line mountain paths. As the head Inari shrine, it has 30,000 subordinate shrines throughout Japan. Since its foundation in 711 ...

ASO, Kumamoto Prefecture--The Romon gate of the Asojinja shrine here was unveiled in late June, restored to its former magnificence after being damaged in the Kumamoto earthquake in April 2016.

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

Once you reach the frigid peaks of the Mountain in Luma Island, you'll have all sorts of new materials to find, enemies to face, more mysterious ruins, and another locked shrine. Some of the ...

There are religions that put their believers' faith to the test with harsh trials. On a mountain in Japan, that test is not ...

If 4,000 climbers enter through the gate before 4 p.m., the barrier will close early that day. Climbers who have booked mountain huts can pass through regardless of the time or the limit on the ...

Syrian authorities have foiled an attempt by ISIL (ISIS) fighters to blow up a revered Shia shrine in a Damascus ... guards used to be deployed at the gates of the Sayyida Zeinab mausoleum ...