In the dark of night, completely empty, we explore the gates of Kyoto's Fushimi inari Shrine. While its famously said to have 10,000 torii gates that wind up the mountain, the real number is north of ...

The Imperial Messenger (Chokushi) views the Aoi festival horse-racing from this building. KAMIGAMO SHRINE: The Kamo Shrines (Kamigamo and Shimogamo) are among the most important in Kyoto. Kamigamo ...

Most visitors come for the close to 10,000 red and orange lacquered torii gates that ... (two stops south of Kyoto Station). There is also a city bus stop located at the shrine.

It was a little more than 25 years ago that I first walked the streets of Gion, the centuries-old geisha district of Kyoto ... thousands of red torii gates at Fushimi Inari Shrine that led ...

But there's more to this landmark shrine than its famous 10,000 gates. As you meander along its pathways, you'll discover ancient altars nestled throughout the forest, dozens of stone fox statues ...

HATSUKAICHI, Hiroshima Prefecture--The famed “floating” torii gate of Itsukushimajinja shrine, a World Heritage site under repair, was revealed for the first time in about three and a half years.

YAWATA, Kyoto Prefecture--Iwashimizu Hachimangu shrine here is a government-designated national treasure, but it is also home to a relatively unknown monument dedicated to Thomas Edison (1847-1931).

Situated on Otowa Mountain in eastern Kyoto, Kiyomizu-dera Temple wows travelers ... Also within in the complex is the Jishu Shrine, a red-lacquered temple dedicated to Okuninushi-no-mikoto ...