KAWASAKI—A once-thriving neighborhood association in a district lined by high-rise apartments here is expected to be ...

A massive display of hundreds of dolls is wowing visitors at the annual spring festival here, which celebrates young girls ...

Japanese Funerals (sogi) follow centuries-old traditions influenced by Buddhism and cultural beliefs about life and death.

Are you one of 40 million travelers expected to visit Japan soon, but want a place less touristy than Tokyo and Kyoto?

Wiki-licious Yuki Cheesecake/Happy Buns 10:30 a.m., Amezaiku candy craft sculpting by Shan Ichiyanagi 1 p.m., Shinobue with ...

Analog recordings are at risk of disappearing as old tech breaks down and spare parts run out.

Shinto has no sacred text or clearly defined theology, and many Japanese would be hard-pressed to summarize it, including many visitors to this festival. “It’s a religion of life,” said ...

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INAZAWA, Aichi -- Some 7,980 men in loincloths fiercely jostled to touch the "lucky man" during the recently held Konomiya Naked Festival at a Shinto shrine in this central Japan city. This ...

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 ...

Japan's annual ritual of "mame-maki," or bean-throwing, at Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and homes sees people marking "setsubun," the last day of the winter in the Japanese lunar calendar.

Shimane’s most famous attraction, however, is undoubtedly the city of Izumo. It is said that all of Japan’s Shinto deities gather in Izumo once a year to determine what connections people will make in ...