ring Buddhist temple bells on New Year’s Eve, and hours later go to Shinto shrines to celebrate the New Year. During other seasons, Japanese flock to Buddhist Bon dances and Shinto-related ...

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Akiko Noda, the award-winning Japanese artist, shares the secrets to a unique glassmaking technique that highlights the ...

Not everywhere in Japan is suffering from overtourism, says Kate Crockett – the rural Noto Peninsula is welcoming tourists ...

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 ...

Walk Japan’s five-day Nakasendo Way: The Kiso Road walk costs 256,000 yen (about $2642) a person twin share, and includes all meals, luggage transfers, entrance fees and travel from tour start to ...

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 ...

Japan’s cruise market is set to expand as more Japanese companies place orders for new ships, which are all expected to enter ...

Learn how to talk about religion in Japanese with practical vocabulary, phrases and cultural tips. Includes real-life ...

This multimodal route through the country’s Northern Alps is a great alternative to the similar journey around Mount Fuji — ...

Stepping into Kyoto feels like entering a different world – one where ancient temples, quiet gardens, and traditional wooden streets meet a modern pulse. In this video, I share my first impressions of ...

That manuscript, along with others allegedly unearthed by a Shinto priest around the same time, flesh out Christ’s further adventures between Judea and Japan, and pinpoint Shingo as his final ...