Find peace in Hirosaki's UNESCO World Heritage temples. Join the crowds at kaleidoscopic festivals. Visit resilient, rural ...

This Kyoto travel vlog is perfect for both first-time visitors and seasoned explorers, providing insider tips, hidden gems, ...

A trip to Japan can be one of the most enriching experiences of your life! The entire country is packed with cities ...

Also within in the complex is the Jishu Shrine, a red-lacquered temple dedicated to Okuninushi-no-mikoto, the Shinto god of love. Visitors who can successfully walk between two stones outside of ...

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 ...

dotted with tiny rural villages and ancient Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines. The modern high-tech infrastructure blends ...

Growing up in the 1930s, Huang Lin Yu-feng (黃林玉鳳) often used the “fragrance machine” at Ximen Market (西門市場) so that she could ...

from taking advantage of entertainment opportunities to visiting Shinto shrines, Buddhist temples and parks rich with greenery. He came to Tokyo for the last days of his two-week trip to Japan ...

It is also called Sanja Gongen (in honor of three men who founded the temple), and the Sanja Matsuri held in May ... in the Gongen-Zukuri style of Shinto architecture.The person who built it was ...

Most visitors hit the "golden triangle" of Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto on Honshu's east coast. Here's why the regions of Chugoku ...

Most visitors hit the "golden triangle" of Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto on Honshu's east coast. Here's why the regions of Chugoku and Shikoku shouldn't be overlooked, and everything you should see during ...

Tohoku is rebuilding its tourist economy after the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Here’s all the info you need to plan ...