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 ...

The oldest religious site in Tokyo is also its most visited ... of the god while fishing on the Sumida River. The Senso-ji shrine is dedicated to this lucky catch and features a small homage ...

It’s so close to downtown, yet it’s surrounded by ... including redevelopment of the leafy Jingu Gaien area between Tokyo’s Meiji Shrine and the Imperial Palace. Opponents of the project ...

The controversial Tokyo shrine’s wide stone path, normally reserved for quiet prayers and camera-clicking tourists, transforms into a place of spectacle and celebration. At the center of this ...

There is a waterfall located just past the shrine, with water flowing from ... there can be five to 10 degrees cooler than in downtown Tokyo, and Morikawa recommends that visitors wear long ...

Tokyo (AFP) - Japan's justice minister visited a Tokyo war shrine Saturday morning to become the second member of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet attending its latest ritual, which has already ...

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has sent a ritual offering to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo to mark the start of its spring festival on Monday. Ishiba gave the shrine a potted plant known as ...