People in traditional costumes paraded through the streets near a shrine in the western Japanese city of Kyoto on Thursday for an annual cherry blossom festival.

With 25 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Japan is ideal for those who like to explore the historical and environmental aspects of ...

Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari, the Shinto deity of rice and sake (Japanese rice wine). The shrine complex dates back ...

Tucked behind the chaos of Harajuku, the shrine feels like a portal ... Right across from the opera house in Kyoto, the stretch of the Kamo River is a good place to take a walk.

For a truly unique experience, visit this shrine featuring thousands of vermilion torii gates winding hypnotically up the mountainside to the summit granting clear views over Kyoto. Stunning!

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Even when a Shinto shrine had a sculpture for worship ... This gallery features works mainly from the Heian (794–1192) and Kamakura (1192–1333) periods, when many of Japan’s most admired sculptures ...

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