Itsukushima Shrine also opens at 6:30 a.m., so early risers can appreciate the beautiful architecture of the shrine's main buildings, which are also built out across the water, before the rush of ...

Japan’s popular Itsukushima Shrine has now become slightly more expensive to visit. The bright-orange torii gate that appears to float in a lake is one of the country’s most beautiful and ...

Temples and shrines offer travelers the opportunity to experience local culture in a peaceful atmosphere filled with ...

Sou Fujimoto’s design for a temporary hall for Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine in Fukuoka, Japan is so spectacular, it risks outshining the original shrine. Covered with a tilting roof that supports a ...

Kyoto’s Ancient Kamigamo Shrine. Guide to Japan. Travel Culture History Dec 8, 2023. The Kamigamo Shrine, ... Shrine buildings were already standing by the Asuka period (593–710), ...

People wearing Japanese imperial military uniforms and displaying the Kyokujitsuki, or "Rising Sun flag," at Yasukuni Shrine on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of Japan's surrender at the end ...

A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan after being accused of vandalizing a shrine. Steve Lee Hayes was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of property damage, a Tokyo Metropolitan ...

Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, which honours Japan’s war dead, including convicted Second World War war criminals, has been vandalised again. “It is deplorable that an act seeking to denigrate the ...

As Sales of Japan Temples and Shrines Surge, a Crackdown on Bad-Faith Buyers By Mariko Katsumura SANBAGAWA, Japan (Reuters) - Benmou Suzuki's dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the ...

Gwanwoldang Shrine, thought to be a Joseon-era royal building taken to Japan during the country's coloninal rule of Korea in the early 20th century, has been returned to Korea.