Millions of Japanese people will return to their home towns to be with their families, visit neighborhood shrines on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, and watch the New Year TV program "Kohaku Uta ...

Tohoku is rebuilding its tourist economy after the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Here’s all the info you need to plan ...

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 ...

Japanese pray for a peaceful New Year at Tokyo's Meiji Shrine:: JANUARY 1, 2024:: TOKYO, JAPAN"Every year around New Year's ...

Tohoku is Japan’s lesser-known wonderland of nature and culture. Visit the holy mountain shrines of Dewa Sanzan. Find peace ...

A group of priests have cleared away a year's worth of dust in a traditional year-end ritual at Dazaifu Tenmangu Shinto shrine in western Japan. The annual cleaning before the New Year was held at ...