The Japanese government originally planned to send the lantern in the 1920s ... Iemitsu’s funeral ceremonies at his family’s shrine in what today is Ueno Park in Tokyo. Much of the published ...

the autumn festival of Karatsu Jinja Shinto shrine in this southwest Japan city. With a signal of fireworks, the floats, including a red lion, samurai helmet and sea bream, weighing 2 to 4 metric ...

Nearly eight decades after Japan’s defeat in World War Two, Tokyo’s Yasukuni shrine remains a potent symbol of its wartime legacy in East Asia and a flashpoint for regional tension. Here is ...

The Kasuga-style lantern near the dry river resembles the Kasuga Grand Shrine in Nara, a laid-back, culture-rich Japanese city to avoid Tokyo crowds. The Yama-style lantern on the garden's island ...

Located in central Japan, Mie is renowned for its ... and Kasuga Taisha Shrine, famous for its thousands of stone lanterns. Nara Park, where deer freely roam, and Horyu-ji Temple, one of the ...

Priests taking care of a Japanese shrine made famous through its inclusion in Ghost of Tsushima have banned all tourists from their site. Watazumi Shrine is found on Tsushima Island. Most famous ...

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 ...