Chilean gymnast and social media influencer Maria del Mar 'Marimar' Perez Banus has sparked social media outrage after using ...

Since Japan sees the sun rise 16 hours before California, we fly backwards in time. Twenty-five hours in transit, leaving ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba only made a ritual masakaki tree offering to the Shinto shrine, which is regarded as a symbol of Japan's past militarism by neighboring countries as it honors Class-A ...

Torii, although at first glance they appear to be simple structures, are a sacred gate or traditional arch that is usually placed at the entrance of Shinto shrines to mark the border between ...

I always associated bike tours with scenic rides through the Loire Valley, or maybe Tuscany — places where guests wake up in ...

one Shinto shrine and a church. A surge in religious properties coming up for sale has Japanese authorities worried that prospective buyers are not interested in them for heavenly purposes.

He plans not to visit the Shinto shrine during the festival, according to government officials. The shrine is regarded by neighboring countries as a symbol of Japan's past militarism as it honors ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sent a ritual masakaki tree offering to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Thursday, the start of its three-day fall festival. He is unlikely to visit the Shinto shrine ...

Nara, Japan is a city like no other on the planet. Home to more than 1,000 sacred deer, the capital of the Nara Prefecture is ...

“There aren’t many shrines that welcome pets and allow them to walk inside, so I think it would ... and boys in kimonos and bring them to a Shinto holy place for the ceremony.

One of the main attractions inside the temple is the Ashura Sculpture ... A short walk past the Nara National Museum and botanical gardens is the Kasuga Shrine, one of the oldest Shinto shrines in ...