A living relic of history stands in a quiet corner of a Japanese seaside town, its thick gnarled branches stretching skyward as if whispering secrets to the breeze. The sacred camphor tree at Kinomiya ...
The Japanese capital of Tokyo can be intimidating, even though this Asian country is often ranked as one of the safest destinations for solo travelers. Shinjuku is the busiest railway station in the ...
ISE, Japan (AP) — Ise Jingu is Japan’s most revered Shinto shrine, which every 20 years is completely knocked down and rebuilt in an expensive, time-consuming process that has endured for the last ...
Kyoto’s Fushimi Inari Taisha, or Fushimi Inari Shrine, is one of the most distinctly beautiful places in all of Japan. Walking paths wind up and around the mountain that the shrine’s main building ...