Visitors looking for the "real Japan" may find it on a new long trail two hours from Tokyo that shows off the country's ...

A 65-year-old U.S. citizen was detained by Japanese police on charges of vandalizing the wooden torii gate of one of Tokyo's most frequently visited shrines, Meiji Jingu. Officers arrested the ...

Japan’s response to vandalism at cultural sites underscores the importance of protecting spaces that are integral to its identity. Torii gates, in particular, hold profound meaning within ...

Fishermen pray to the Torii gates at the front of the shrine from ... To get the background to the story, I flew to Portland and visited the Japanese garden. At the time, officials there were ...

Based in Japan, Matt Newell's interest in photography goes back to high school when he was learning about cameras, which also ...

The traditional heartland showcases a different side of spiritual Japan, in a way that completements time well spent in Tokyo. The region offers an abundance of temples, shrines and torii gates to ...

Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari, the Shinto deity of rice and sake (Japanese ... lacquered torii gates that line the ...