Japan's shrine culture holds secrets that even frequent visitors rarely discover. Behind the serene torii gates and meticulously raked gravel paths lies a tradition so ancient and complex that it ...

Kinkaku-ji is one of the shrines in Japan, also known as the Golden Pavilion. (Photo: Klook SG) In Japan, the two main religions are Shinto and Buddhism as most Japanese consider themselves Buddhist, ...

Akira Miyawaki’s unconventional reforestation method was inspired by ancient Japanese forests and changed how people restore ...

Japan marked the 80th anniversary of its World War II defeat on Friday, with at least one cabinet minister joining thousands ...

ISE, Japan — Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests keep watch as woodsmen dressed in ceremonial white chop their axes into two ancient cypress trees, timing their swings so that ...

TOKYO—A Tokyo landmark dedicated to Japan's war dead that has become a perpetual sore in Japan's relations with its neighbors is again about to take center stage. China and South Korea have long ...

The Yasukuni Shrine, located in Tokyo, is one of Japan's most contentious and politically charged sites. It’s a place that commemorates Japan’s war dead, including several war criminals from World War ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Seventy-five years after Japan's defeat in World War Two, Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine for war dead is a potent symbol of the controversy that persists over the conflict's legacy in East ...

Jan. 7 (UPI) --A formal ceremony heralded the start of the Japan's sumo wrestling season at the Meiji Jingu shrine on Tuesday, two months after a U.S. man was arrested for desecrating it. Japanese ...