Momijidani Park is one of the most famous spots in Japan for autumn foliage. Located off the coast of Hiroshima on the small ...

Cash (Japanese Yen) is necessary for markets and small shops ... reason people visit Miyajima is to visit the famous Floating ...

In front of the stone lantern inscribed with “Welcome to the Town of Miyajima” at the entrance to the terminal Arrival at Miyajima History and Folklore Museum (tour of museum and Japanese calligraphy ...

Beat the crowds and discover hidden gems in the Land of the Rising Sun.

Check with our partner site as the latest rates, rate details, and guest room requirements may vary. Situated 500 metres from Itsukushima Shrine Nukebenten and 700 metres from Hozen-ji Temple in the ...

An American arrested for defacing a sacred Tokyo shrine became the latest example of Japan's struggle to cope with misbehaving visitors amid a boom in inbound tourism.

Police said Monday they have launched an investigation after the kanji character for “death” was found graffitied on two spots of a stone wall at the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, after ...

Police have arrested a 65-year-old American man for allegedly defacing Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo earlier this week by using his fingernails to scratch letters in a torii gate there. Steve Hayes, who ...

Following the June incident, in which a stone pillar bearing the shrine’s name was found to be defaced with the word “toilet” spray-painted in red, a Chinese man living in Japan was indicted ...

A kemari ancient football festival was held at Tanzan Shinto shrine in the city of Sakurai ... a festival is held in autumn and spring. Note: In Japanese history, the Asuka period is from the ...

This April 21, 2020 file photo shows Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Police said Monday they have launched an investigation after the kanji character for "death" was found ...

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 ...