This shrine in western Tokyo is one of the five major shrines in the city, and is said to have been founded in the year 111. The Darkness Festival (kurayami matsuri), held here every year in ...

Playing the Tsugaru Shamisen at Tokyo's Mitama Matsuri and exploring the festival and Yasukuni Shrine afterwards! This was an opportunity that people can only experience once every 10 years.

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TOKYO >> PayPay Corp., which develops electronic payment services, has launched a service that allows visitors to shrines and temples to make cashless offerings through its app. The service is ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has stressed that Lee's visit is private and that he did not expect it to hurt Tokyo's relations with Beijing. Yasukuni Shrine is a major source of contention ...

Glance around the grounds and listen to discover that not only devout followers and tourists congregate at shrines and temples in central Tokyo. Shrines, temples and historic parks have a richer ...