The West's influence, once wielded by Disney's Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, is in decline. It is because American and ...

Carlton, Nikko, is two hours from Tokyo in a scenic mountain town packed with historic sites. And the hotel has the planet's ...

With 25 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Japan is ideal for those who like to explore the historical and environmental aspects of ...

The Shinto shrine doubles as a national natural monument, seasonally home to up to 40,000 black-tailed gulls nesting ... of the 500-year-old Fumonji Temple are dotted with 500 “rakans ...

Near midnight I wandered out to a small Shinto shrine where a row of stone ... A Buddhist priest prays at the Koukokuji Temple, a columbarium containing more than 2,000 LED-lit Buddha statues.

There's a post office, a police station, a clinic, a temple, a Shinto shrine ... including a startling black one that's made with squid ink. There are a variety of milk-based goodies available ...

As ever, there are plenty of things happening in London – and beyond – worth adding to your diary this season. Here’s ...

Each weapon has their own skill tree with fierce attacks that, when used, turn everything momentarily black and white (with a smattering ... I enjoyed the side jobs that had me entering Shinto temples ...