Are you one of 40 million travelers expected to visit Japan soon, but want a place less touristy than Tokyo and Kyoto?

People sit inside kamakura snow huts during a traditional event in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, which started Saturday. At ...

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 ...

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 ...

Japan’s Shinto deities gather at Izumo Taisha during the ... Prayer etiquette at Izumo Taisha differs from other places of worship. Most Shinto shrines ask visitors to clap twice before praying, but ...

Japanese culture offers numerous habits for a balanced lifestyle. By borrowing these simple yet effective habits from Japanese culture, anyone can improve their relationship with food and prevent ...

Each month, two Catholic priests in Malawi travel to celebrate Mass with as many people of their parish as possible. Their parish is spread out among 51 churches in farming communities. With so ...

Japan’s annual ritual of “mame-maki,” or bean-throwing, at Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and homes sees people marking “setsubun,” the last day of the winter in the Japanese lunar ...