People bathe in cold water at Kashima Jingu shrine in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 20, 2025, during ...

On the first day of my first trip to Japan, I hit my head on a doorway walking towards a talking toilet. This particular ...

He traveled along a pilgrimage route connecting Ise Jingu shrine in Mie ... still feel nervous when I draw goshuin,” said the 32-year-old priest, Koken, in fluent Japanese.

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Located on the southern island of Kyushu, Miyazaki Prefecture sits between Oita’s renowned onsen towns to the north and Kagoshima, the region to the south noted for its famed black pork. While often ...

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With reports swirling of harassed geisha, parking-spot punch-ons and tourist litter killing sacred deer, it’s no wonder some ...

My work was to help clean the shrine and to grant omamori (Japanese amulets ... can take any credit [for that], it's humbling you even draw a link. I think while each movement has its own ideology ...