15 Temples & Shrines Kabushima Peter Sidell Near Hachinohe in Japan's Aomori prefecture, Kabushima is a small rocky outcrop, home to a shinto shrine and a colony of 40,000..
6 Temples & Shrines Kinkakuji Steve Leavett-Brown Kinkakuji, more commonly known as the Golden Temple, is as beautiful as it is enigmatic. Originally constructed as a villa, so when..
13 Festivals Oeshiki Festival at Ikegami Temple Todd Wojnowski Oeshiki is an annual festival at Tokyo's Ikegami Honmonji temple. Held to honor the death of Saint Nichiren, 300,000 people..
12 Temples & Shrines Kyoto Kodai-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Kodai-ji Temple is located at the foot of Kyoto’s Higashi-yama Mountain, south of the famous cherry blossom spot, Maruyama Koe..
6 Temples & Shrines A Winter Day at Hasedera Temple Hana Joy Though it can be a little chilly, winter is an excellent season to visit Hasedera Temple in Kamakura.
13 Temples & Shrines Horin-ji Temple, Arashiyama, Kyoto Larry Knipfing Just over the Togetsukyo Bridge (follow the road to the left after you cross it) in the Arashiyama district of Kyoto is Horin-ji..
7 Temples & Shrines Kiyomizu-dera in Autumn Manish Prabhune Spending autumn in Japan's cultural capital is one of the most beautiful memories I have of the Kansai region, and Kiyomizu-dera..
8 Temples & Shrines Chikurinji C. Rio Temple thirty one in the Shikoku Ohenro pilgrimage is also known as the Bamboo Forest Temple.