The most famous attraction is Takachiho Gorge – a deep chasm carved out by several explosions from the nearby Mount Aso, ...

That empire grew, in the words of historians, to become “the largest and most powerful of the forest states of West ... in the Bussa-Jebba area which was abandoned in 1835, Oyo showcased ...

A Japanese cat miraculously survived for a month in the scorching summer heat after being abandoned by its owner in her flat. The feline’s survival instincts have earned it the name Miracle.

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 ...

A scantily clad shrine parishioner throws icy cold water ... 2025, a traditional Japanese way of purifying soul and praying for their health in the new year. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) ...

(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) 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 ...

A walking tour of the Kiso Valley offers glimpses of the golden age of Japan’s great printmakers.

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 ...

Japan's Supreme Court delivered the final decision earlier in the day on a request filed in 2013 by 27 family members seeking to eliminate their relatives' names from Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine.