It’s an invaluable opportunity to connect with the community and a fantastic way to dive into Kyoto beyond the usual tourist attractions. After a full day of exploring Kyoto and inevitably clocking 20 ...

In the dark of night, completely empty, we explore the gates of Kyoto's Fushimi inari Shrine. While its famously said to have 10,000 torii gates that wind up the mountain, the real number is north of ...

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.

KYOTO—A graduate student at the Tokyo University of the Arts has been selected to play the heroine of this year’s Aoi Festival, one of the three major festivals of Kyoto, held on May 15 annually.

There are a few reasons that you might want to find Nishinomiya Shrine in Assassin's Creed Shadows. If you pray there, you can earn a Knowledge Point, getting you closer to unlocking more skills ...

The city assembly of Kyoto passed an ordinance by a majority vote Tuesday to raise its maximum accommodation tax to ¥10,000 ($66) per guest per night. The amount will be the highest among areas ...

April in Kansai bursts with color and excitement. Alongside cherry blossom festivals and seasonal traditions, you'll also ...

Shrines are one of the many landmarks you can visit in Assassin's Creed Shadows. Every shrine also contains a small side activity you can complete in Assassin's Creed Shadows. While it's not a ...

A Japanese shrine famous to video game fans has announced a ban on visits by tourists, following an "unforgivable act of disrespect". In 2021, Ghost of Tsushima players helped the Tsushima ...

The Watazumi Shrine is one of the locations on Tsushima Island that gained significant worldwide attention after the release of Sucker Punch Productions’ Ghost of Tsushima in 2020. The shrine is ...

An iconic Japanese shrine that Ghost of Tsushima fans helped repair has now banned all tourists after an “unforgivable” act was committed on its grounds. Watazumi Shrine is an iconic Shinto ...

The Bodh Gaya Math, the Hindu monastery that performs the rituals inside the complex, insists that it has played a central role in the upkeep of the shrine for centuries and that it has the law on ...