In hotspots like Kyoto you sometimes have to queue for the queues, but escaping the country’s overtourism problem couldn’t be simpler ...

Since the Edo period (between 1603 and 1868), pilgrims have come to this region to visit Japan’s most sacred Shinto shrine. Ise Jingu is the ancient epicenter of Shinto spirituality. Made up of ...

Ise Jingu is the ancient epicenter of Shinto spirituality. Made up of 125 shrines, this sprawling complex is home to the Naiku and Geko shrines — known as the soul of Japan. Each year ...

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The Japanese portfolio of luxury hotel brand Aman is full of head-turners – from the sleek, sky-brushing minimalism of Aman Tokyo, perched high above the city's electric bustle, to the hushed ...

TOKYO (AP) — Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water on Saturday in a pool at a Tokyo shrine ... and safe childbirth. Shinto is Japan’s Indigenous religion ...

Meiji Jingu is a Shinto shrine and located in a forested area in the heart of Tokyo. Related World's oldest-living person dies in Japan at 116 New Year's Eve celebrations ring in 2025 around the ...

The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion) shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. Japanese history credits Meiji for modernizing Japan by incorporating Western ...