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

Tokyo, Nagano is a magnet for skiers and snowboarders, but it also has temples, macaque monkeys and a town Hokusai painted in The air is crisp, the snow deep and undisturbed. The Japanese Alps tower ...

Creation legends and folk tales swirl like snow and leaves across the protected landscapes of Japan. This selection of four ...

The city of Kyoto is known as Japan's cultural and spiritual capital. It's for good reason: Kyoto has hundreds of Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines, some of which are associated with the country's ...

If you pray for love in Izumo, there's a good chance you'll be heard. Every year, eight million gods gather in this seaside ...

Meditation is central in both Indian and Japanese hermit traditions, serving as a means to transcend ordinary consciousness ...

There are religions that put their believers' faith to the test with harsh trials. On a mountain in Japan, that test is not ...

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

Osaka has been one of Japan’s thriving centers of culture and trade. Its strategic location between the calm harbors of Osaka Bay and nearby Kyoto made it prime for economic development. Despite ...

Montrealers of all faiths came together at Parc metro on Wednesday night for the National Day of Remembrance and Action Against Islamophobia – honouring the six Muslim men who died 8 years ago – ...

A Japanese Lutheran scholar, who qualified first as a Shinto priest, has said he became a Christian ... The church building, school, and museum now sit on land once dedicated to pagan worship! Third, ...

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 ...