The colorful blooms of azaleas light up public spaces and private gardens.

An American tourist was arrested after he allegedly used his fingernails to carve five letters into a gate at the Meiji Jingu ...

Jack White has announced details of his extensive world tour schedule for '24/'25 in support of his current No Name album.

The antics of tourists in places of religious worship never cease to amaze. In Japan, there's much talk about an American ...

A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly carving letters into a torii gate at a Tokyo shrine.

Steve Lee Hayes carved letters onto a pillar of a gate of a shrine in Shibuya and was arrested on suspicion of property ...

With a population of about 37 million, Tokyo and its surrounding cities make up the largest metropolitan area in the world. To avoid getting overwhelmed by all the city has to offer, it’s smart to ...

The oldest religious site in Tokyo is also its most visited. The Senso-ji Temple sees about 30 million annual visitors and its inception dates all the way back to year 628. Despite its claim to ...

Okushu Tours launches two tours of Japan that offer ... stay at a Mount Koya temple for a meditative and spiritual retreat. In contrast, there is the thunder of traditional Taiko drumming during a ...

About 70% of people in Japan have similar nonreligious ... Some Buddhist temples, including Tsukiji Hongwanji and Komyoji in Tokyo, are seeking to reach younger people and have opened cafes ...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday targeted MVA partners at an election rally here and said Congress and the undivided ...

Telling the story of a small, subsistence farming mountain community whose few remaining members keep drifting away to nearby cities, Tsuta Tetsuichiro’s second feature, 2013’s The Tale of Iya, drew ...