Aioi-no-yashiro, a small shrine on the grounds of Shimogamo Jinja Shrine in Kyoto, is known to have a “god of matchmaking” as its guardian deity.

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world's oldest living person, has died. She was 116. According to Guinness World ...

This was Aiko’s second visit to the shrine since 2014 ... before visiting Emperor Jinmu’s mausoleum in Nara Prefecture.

The epic Nara-period garden features a breathtaking 120 types of mosses ... you may want to consider a private tour at night ...

The Fushimi Inari Shrine is free to visit and open daily from sunrise to sunset and is easily accessible via JR Inari Station on the JR Nara subway line (two stops south of Kyoto Station).

An annual record of over 33 million inbound foreigners visited Japan between January and November 2024 amid a tourism boom ...

I spent my last afternoon in Tokyo stocking up on snacks and feasting on cheap and delicious conveyor belt sushi, in ...

there are so many things to do in Nara, Japan which is also home to the country’s largest statue of Buddha, located in ...

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Morihide Naka Shinto priest, Konda Hachimangu Shrine An aerial view gives a clear ... as they neared today’s Osaka Bay and proceeded to Nara Basin, which may have been Japan’s power center ...

34.3 x 22.7 cm. (13.5 x 8.9 in.) ...

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