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 ...

Silence fell for a split second before the 18-meter main lantern burst to life, signaling the start of this year's highly anticipated Taiwan Lantern Festival. Undeterred by the pelting rain ...

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 ...

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 ...