While Spain's headline trail now attracts up to half a million pilgrims a year, its twin is often uncrowded and offers a ...
During their excavation of the site in 2013, archaeologists reported witnessing several birds dropping dead after flying too close to the mouth of the passage.
Japan welcomed the most visitors in history in 2024, as the country’s weak currency fuelled a tourism boom that drew 36.8 million people to the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’.
There are about 40,000 Shinto shrines that are called “Hachimansha” or “Hachimangu” in Japan. These are headed by Usa Jingu ...
On the first day of my first trip to Japan, I hit my head on a doorway walking towards a talking toilet. This particular ...
TOKYO (AP) — Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water on Saturday in a pool at a Tokyo ...
Let's explore this through some vivid examples. “Chilean tourist in Japan faces criticism for doing pull-ups at sacred Shinto shrine torii gate.” In October 2024, a Chilean gymnast and social media ...
People throw offerings made of red paper, called gohei, into the fire to pray for good health at Uto Shrine in Aomori on Dec. 28. The Yomiuri Shimbun 15:21 JST, January 15, 2025 AOMORI — About 50 ...
Lifestyle and decluttering star Marie Kondo tells the BBC about the KonMari method, magic, minimalism and how being a Shinto maiden shaped ... link back to being a shrine maiden," she says.
From taking part in traditions in Asakusa to getting lost in the playground that is Shinjuku, Tokyo is truly unique.
The city’s most important Shinto shrine, it was founded by Minamoto Yoritomo, the first shogun of the Kamakura government. From its initial Torii gate, to the koi ponds and its Main Hall perched ...
Meiji Jingu is a Shinto shrine and located in a forested ... Steven Lee Hayes on Nov. 14 was accused of defacing the shrine's entry gate. Japanese authorities accused Hayes of using his ...