We all know that Tokyo is a city like no other, where neon-lit skyscrapers stand side by side with ancient shrines, and every ...

An amalgamation of three smaller areas – Yanaka, Nezu and Sendagi –Yanesen oozes a cool, bohemian old Tokyo atmosphere. It’s peppered with tiny mom-and-pop shops, trendy boutiques, cafés and art ...

An American tourist was arrested for defacing one of Tokyo’s most sacred shrines after he allegedly ... In a bid to curb over-tourism, a small town near Mount Fuji erected a barrier to block ...

Plum trees can, of course, be found all over the city, but the parks, shrines ... Tokyo attractions are even celebrating the occasion with dedicated plum blossom festivals filled with street ...

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 ...

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A Tokyo-based writer ... to discover. Nezu Shrine in the old Yanesen area is one of my favourites, with its photogenic row of red torii gateways and a small hillside covered with azaleas that ...

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 ...

Shrine parishioners throw icy cold water on themselves during the annual cold-endurance festival at Kanda Myojin Shinto shrine in Tokyo, on Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) TOKYO (AP ...

Pedestrians, shoppers, and people-watchers stroll on Chuo-dori in Ginza, one of Tokyo’s busiest destinations ... Near midnight I wandered out to a small Shinto shrine where a row of stone ...

TOKYO (AP) — Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water on Saturday in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese tradition to purify the soul and pray for ...