Okayama Prefecture is said to be the birthplace of Momotaro, the protagonist of Japan’s most famous folktale. Several local ...

From KISS to Ghost, there’s been a long history of ambiguous imagery in music. No band has used masks quite like Sleep Token, ...

Known as the city of 100 neighbourhoods, each corner is distinct and blends ancient history with edgy culture ... As a city ...

The film "Human Face of Japan" explores Japan's cultural evolution from its ancient animist practices to modern Shinto and Buddhist traditions, highlighting the impact of post-war economic growth on ...

Deities often were trees, woods, or natural rock formations such as those that survived in Germanic religion into the first ...

Japanese critics say the video game from French developer Ubisoft distorts history and disrespects sacred sites.

The Koumano Kodo pilgrimage trail is home to some of Japan's most spiritual sites with temples, shrines and beautiful forests ...

For those who prefer the road even less traveled, there’s Great Walks of Australia, a collection of 12 guided walking tours in spectacular protected landscapes that span from the desert canyons near ...

A 5th century wooden ‘stitched ship’ – recreated using ancient stitching techniques and constructed using coconut fiber stitching, traditional wooden joinery, coir rope and natural resins and powered ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." For millennia, pilgrims have set off by foot to sacred places and come to realize that it was the ...

This ancient period of deep freeze, known as the Neoproterozoic Era, or “Snowball Earth,” lasted from about 1 billion to 543 million years ago. During that time, landmasses consolidated into a ...