A massive torii gate at a shrine in this western Japan city has been lit up in red and blue, the theme colors of the 2025 World Ex･･･ ...

Shigeru Ishiba, the Prime Minister of Japan, responded to a question about Assassin’s Creed Shadows today during an official government conference meeting. While some reports have indicated that Prime ...

HATSUKAICHI, Hiroshima Prefecture--The famed “floating” torii gate of Itsukushimajinja shrine, a World Heritage site under repair, was revealed for the first time in about three and a half years.

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 ...

Photos of a massive red shrine gate that appears to be floating in the sea is one of the most iconic images of Japan. The gate is the great torii of Itsukushima Shrine on the small island in the Seto ...

Sakai asked if he knew a Takahashi Toshimi who had donated a Torii gate to a local shrine. Furusato was stunned: Yes, Takahashi, then 86, was the former head of a fishing association in the nearby ...

Nestled amid the cliffs along this rocky shore is Udo Shrine. The main shrine building (honden) stands inside a low cave carved out of the cliff-face over millennia by the erosion of the waves.

When entering the shrine, you'll first see the Torii, or the shrine's large archway. It's traditional to bow once entering, then again when you leave. To foreigners, the Temizusha may appear to be ...

He expressed relief that his family was unharmed but was shocked by the damage to the shrine’s stone torii gate and the roof of a “chozuya” purification fountain. The shrine was also damaged ...

The one-legged Torii gate has significant meaning of its own, however, as one can famously be found at the Sannō Shrine in Nagasaki, located 900 metres from the hypocenter of the World War 2 ...