The temple is surrounded by well-kept landscaped gardens, creating an atmosphere ... Fushimi Inari Taisha is one of Japan's ...

Japanese gardens, however, are not like British ones ... planted to hide a splendid shrine to celebrate the Meiji Restoration. It is the moment during our Victorian era when the old Shogunate ...

During other seasons, Japanese flock to Buddhist Bon dances and Shinto-related festivals involving “mikoshi,” or portable shrines. “In Japan, faith is not considered an important element of ...

The shrine honours Japan's war dead but also convicted World War Two criminals A Chinese man accused of buying spray paint which was used to write the word "toilet" on a controversial Japanese ...

Beyond the castle lies Koko-en Garden. Relax as you stroll ... Mie Prefecture where many consider the soul of Japan. The complex's main Naiju Shrine is dedicated to the goddess Amaterasu.

The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion) shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. Japanese history credits Meiji for modernizing Japan by incorporating Western ...

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 ...