Tattoo removal in Japan is common due to stigma. Learn about costs, methods, and where to go if you're considering getting a ...

SEOUL--South Korea on Sunday protested Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine with "deep disappointment" and urged Japanese leaders to show repentance for the ...

drawing criticism from South Korea and China which view the shrine as a symbol of Japan's militaristic past. The shrine includes 14 Japanese wartime leaders convicted as war criminals by an Allied ...

The head shrine of all the Kasuga-jinja shrines all over Japan, it is located on Mt. Mikasa, which has been treated as a sacred area since ancient times. In 2018, the shrine commemorated its 1,250th ...

Shingu, Wakayama, Japan - January 24, 2025 Making of "kiccho" lucky willow branch decorations for upcoming Setsubun celebration reaches its peak at Kumano Hayatama Taisha shrine in Shingu in ...

NIKAHO, Akita -- Large cod were carried in procession and dedicated to a local Shinto shrine in this northern Japan city Feb. 4 in a unique festival traditionally held around the first day of ...

Dog lovers and their furry friends gathered from across Japan to pay homage at Kotohiragu shrine in Kotohira, Kagawa Prefecture, during an event earlier this year that also included a stamp rally, pet ...

Our destination? A hidden shrine tucked deep in the woods where time feels as though it has stood still for centuries. According to Japanese legend, the sun goddess Amaterasu hid in a cave after ...

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 rice wine). The shrine complex dates back ...

Umi Shrine, founded at the end of Japan’s Warring States period, enshrines 17 deities, including Kotosakano’o-no-Mikoto, representing separation and rebirth. At the main shrine, visitors can buy ...

However, female priests began to emerge as men were called up for military service during World War II and male priests entrusted their shrines to their wives. Across Japan, there are now a total of 3 ...

Matsunoo Taisha Shrine was built in 701 during the Taiho period by the Hata clan and is Kyoto’s oldest temple. Deep within the grounds is “Kamei no Mizu”, a famous spring known for its longevity ...