“It looks like it will die,” Nishibori said of the cherry tree, “but it’s not going to die. The next spring, there will be ...

destroying one of its torii gates that rises out of the bay waters adjacent to the shrine. In the years since, though, the Nagasaki Prefecture Shinto shrine which served as a model for one of the ...

I wanted to make a point of placing the monsters within the daily life of Tokyo,” says the photographer Tess Ayano, who spent ...

As far as Shinto shrines go (there are about 400 in Kyoto ... Most visitors come for the close to 10,000 red and orange lacquered torii gates that line the 2 ½-mile-long path up Mount Inari ...

Spend this road trip diving into history and relaxation, gorgeous water and mountain views, and upscale escapes that won’t break the bank.

The middle of the walkway under a torii gate is called the seichu ... Of course, not everyone who visits shrines is part of the Shinto religion and may not believe in the gods, but it's important ...

Following Shinto tradition, you may see visitors bowing once before entering through the torii on the left and right but not the center. The center of the pathway is reserved for the shrine's deities.

Small vermilion torii gates and Shinto shrines often mark the boundary between the sacred and the everyday on these mountainous places. We head to summits for vistas of hidden Japan. And so we ...

Hans Sautter / Aurora Select A traditional gateway, or torii, marks the threshold to the Shinto shrine Izumo-taisha, where all eight million spirit gods are believed to convene in October.