SEOUL--South Korea on Sunday protested Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine with "deep disappointment" and urged Japanese leaders to show repentance for the ...

The shrine was later destroyed during the 16th-century Japanese invasion of Korea but rebuilt during the 17th century. Little has changed since. The structure is composed of multiple buildings ...

15 in a move that provoked a backlash from South Korea. South Korea and China view the shrine as a symbol of Japan’s wartime militarism as it honors 14 Class-A war criminals along with the ...

Across Japan, there are now a total of 3,770 female priests at about ... After feeling dissatisfied with the association, the shrine decided to leave and finalized their departure in June. After a new ...

The head shrine of all the Kasuga-jinja shrines all over Japan, it is located on Mt. Mikasa, which has been treated as a sacred area since ancient times. In 2018, the shrine commemorated its 1,250th ...

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At nearly 400 feet, Sanjusangendo Hall is the longest wooden structure in Japan (there are archery contests held along the length of the hall every yeah). And lining its lengthy walls is a rare ...

Historic, picturesque, classically romantic. These are, perhaps, some of the best words to describe San Agustin Church. These ...

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not to mention kid-focused museums and world-renowned temples and shrines. We basically don’t visit any of them. The reason is simple: Japan itself is an attraction, particularly for kids.