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

Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari, the Shinto deity of rice and sake (Japanese rice wine). The shrine complex dates back ...

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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 ...

Japanese police have arrested a 65-year ... In June, the word “toilet” was found spray-painted in red on a stone pillar at the shrine, while footage circulated on social media of a man ...

TOKYO (AP) — Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water on Saturday in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese ... men with just white loincloth around ...

Japan a land where ancient traditions coexist seamlessly with cutting-edge modernity has become one of the most intriguing ...

I’m in Japan, about 90 minutes west of Osaka, and I’m staring at a living demi-goddess in really unusual footwear. To be a ...

TOKYO (AP) — Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water on Saturday in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese tradition to purify the soul and pray for good ...