A U.S. researcher of Japanese literature has published two books of “waka” poems composed by the emperor and empress of the ...

About 3,500 people gathered at Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo on Friday to see sumo yokozuna grand champion Hoshoryu perform his ...

Otaru, a northern Japanese city in Hokkaido, has deployed security guards to address repeated instances of unruly behaviour ...

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Kashima, Japan - January 20, 2025 People bathe in cold water at Kashima Jingu shrine in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 20, 2025, during the annual winter purification ritual ...

A religious shrine sealed up by the ancestors of Jesus — and preserved for nearly 3,000 years — has been discovered in the ancient heart of Jerusalem. The place of worship, carved into the ...

An estimated two million people make pilgrimages to the site each year to visit the church and the shrine below, the Grotto, where Jesus of Nazareth is believed to have been born. But the region ...

A RELIGIOUS shrine sealed up by the ancestors of Jesus has been discovered in the ancient heart of Jerusalem, frozen in time for nearly 3,000 years. Carved into the rock on the east slope of the ...

The natural cave at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine atop Trikuta hills in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district was opened for devotees for Makar Sankranti celebrations on Tuesday (January 14, 2025 ...