Each of these temples and shrines offers a unique cultural ... Ryoan-ji Temple is famous for its stone garden, which is also ...

Plum trees can, of course, be found all over the city, but the parks, shrines ... Japanese only. All events except for the tea ceremony demonstration are free, but there is a fee to enter the garden.

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 ...

Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese tradition to purify the soul and pray for ...