One of the most breathtaking tourism experiences found near Kyoto, Japan is this highly-visited serene walk through a ...

March 3 was Girl's Day in Japan. At the World Heritage site Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto, there was a doll floating event. It is ...

An annual spring Shinto festival has started at a shrine near Lake Biwa in Japan's western prefecture of Shiga.

The Kyokusui-no-En is a Shinto ritual that reproduces the elegant imperial court ceremonies of the Heian period. People dressed in glossy kimonos sit on both banks of a stream flowing through the ...

About 1,800 dolls are lined up on 60 stone steps at Tomisaki Shrine in Katsuura, Chiba Prefecture ... Families with daughters usually arrange hina-ningyo dolls in traditional Heian court attire on a ...

One of Katsuyama’s most historic landmarks is Heisenji Hakusan Shrine, founded over 1,300 years ago. The shrine is often referred to as Moss Temple (koke-dera) or Moss Shrine (koke-miya ...

Itsukushima Shrine is built on stilts that are exposed during low tide. Image: Vicki L Beyer The shrine continues to observe many Heian Period (794-1185) rites, including Bugaku court dances performed ...

In a notice dated Feb 4 issued to one of the shops there sighted by StarMetro, DBKL had ordered the owner to move the shrine into the premise within 14 days, citing Section 46(1)(a) of the Street ...

This iconic temple was the heart of Uji in the latter half of the Heian Period, flourishing as an aristocratic ... and a course on matcha etiquette. Because the shrine is a power spot for academics, ...