Men in loincloths walk through a torii gate at Konomiya Jinja shrine during the Konomiya Naked Festival in Inazawa, Aichi ...

The shrine complex dates back to the eighth century, but it's not the star of the show. Most visitors come for the close to 10,000 red and orange lacquered torii gates that line the 2 ½-mile-long ...

Men in loincloths go through a torii gate at Konomiya Jinja shrine during the Konomiya Naked Festival in Inazawa, Aichi ...

Coral Expeditions has three 14-night Through the Heart of Japan departures in 2025: October 4, October 18 and November 2.

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

Filipinos may be familiar with Hakone as a sardines brand, but this town in Japan is a lesser-known tourist destination close ...

Otaru, a northern Japanese city in Hokkaido, has deployed security guards to address repeated instances of unruly behaviour by visitors. The development comes after complaints of crowds obstructing th ...

We’re unveiling some of Tokyo’s best kept secrets that will delight both seasoned Tokyoites and adventurous travellers ...

An American visiting Japan with his family has been arrested on suspicion of vandalism after allegedly desecrating Tokyo’s Meiji Jingu Shrine ... into a pillar of the Torii gates with his ...

The day before, Hayes allegedly “carved alphabet letters” into a wooden pillar of the entrance – a traditional Japanese torii gate – of the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward ...

which is the shape of a torii shrine gate. Those characters and symbols will be made with only one or two bonfires this summer, compared with each varying from 53 to 108 blazes in past festivals.

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