In the fall of 2020, the town of Tsushima’s Watazumi Shrine was damaged by a typhoon that struck the area, destroying one of its torii gates that rises out of the bay waters adjacent to the shrine. In ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishida says any real-world attempts to mimic 'Assassin's Creed Shadows' will not be tolerated ...

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its ...

Japan's Prime Minister condemns Assassin’s Creed Shadows for its portrayal of a real-life Shinto shrine, calling it cultural ...

Watatsumi Shrine completely bans all tourists, both international and domestic, following repeated disrespectful behaviour.

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Japan is home to tens of thousands of Shinto shrines each dedicated to specific gods, and what tourists should never do in Japan is be disrespectful at a religious location. If you're a foreigner ...

Author-Artist Mina Ikemoto Ghosh talks about the inspirations behind her unique and Brilliant fantasy novel Hyo the Hellmaker ...

This is the location where, it’s believed, the Shinto gods first descended from above ... and hundreds of moss-covered gravestones and shrines, as well as little Jizo statues, which are said ...