Shimane Prefecture — located in the southwest of Japan’s main island near Hiroshima Prefecture — is an off-the-beaten-path ...

A walking tour of the Kiso Valley offers glimpses of the golden age of Japan’s great printmakers.

Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water on Saturday in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanes ...

Worshipers can also wish for other things, such as traffic safety, success in business or exams and safe childbirth. Shinto is Japan’s Indigenous religion that dates back centuries and is part of the ...

Worshipers can also wish for other things, such as traffic safety, success in business or exams and safe childbirth. Shinto is Japan’s Indigenous religion that dates back centuries and is part ...

This tranquil walking route that takes in waterfalls, temples and hot springs is the perfect antidote to Japan’s overtourism, as John Kampfner discovers ...

Shinto is often described as the “soul of Japan” and literally translates ... religions and the way they preserve their places of worship. It turns out it is all about nature and rebirth ...

NAMIE, Fukushima Prefecture--Shinto priest Nobuhiko Ise is not one ... month to make sure all is in order--and to connect with any worshipers who might be around. While Tsushima Inari Jinja ...

Followers of Shintoism, Japan’s indigenous religion, worship Kami – gods believed ... trader and witnessing a wedding ceremony at a Shinto shrine. Perhaps the most endearing moment came ...