By Lee Jihae Forty-nine ancestral tablets from the royal courts of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) and the Korean Empire (1897 ...

A famous shrine in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, has banned some Korean tourists from entering for tourism purposes ...

A Shinto shrine that's believed to have influenced a similar location in Ghost of Tsushima has reportedly banned tourists after an undisclosed incident involving foreigners. Named Watazumi Shrine, the ...

Watazumi Shrine on Tsushima has banned all visiting tourists. A grave and unforgivable act involving tourists occurred a few ...

The shrine was later destroyed during the 16th-century Japanese invasion of Korea but rebuilt during the 17th century. Little has changed since. The structure is composed of multiple buildings ...

Previously, the shrine shared examples on Facebook of Korean tourists engaging in smoking, illegal parking, and verbal abuse. On the 21st, a man was shown in a photo smoking around the shrine with ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sent an offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, his office said on Thursday, drawing criticism from South Korea and China which view the shrine as a symbol of Japan's ...

An iconic Japanese shrine that Ghost of Tsushima fans helped repair has now banned all tourists after an “unforgivable” act was committed.

Kishida had donated the same offerings to the shrine last October to celebrate its autumn festival after becoming the country’s top leader. South Korea and China, among other countries ...

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 ...

A Shinto shrine made famous by Ghost of Tsushima has now banned foreign tourists after a ‘grave and unforgivable act of disrespect.’ ...