Culture Bunkyo Ajisai Festival Takane Shoji exiting the metro station, Hakusan, as the street leading towards the shrine... The event takes place at a local Hakusan Shrine in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo.
20 Historical Giant Wooden Statue of Bishamonten Sarashanti This statue has stood in Kumano Shrine, Towa-cho for more than 1,000 years.
Historical Nagatoro's Hodosan Ropeway Featured winter, the flower is originally from China but has acclimatized and even thrives... ropeway, take the path down through the upper-branch of Hodosan Jinja, a shrine
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 seagulls
Culture St. Mary’s Cathedral Tokyo Takeshi Matsukawa Through the fundamental idea of visiting God at a shrine, some will go... Many others visit the temple and church to pray to God or attend a wedding
10 Festivals Okinawa Zoo Christmas Fantasy 2013 Naomi Flemming The Okinawa Zoo shines during the annual Christmas-themed festival in Okinawa City
7 Religion Frozen Pond of Kinkaku-ji Manish Prabhune A rare and beautiful view of the frozen pond around the serene Golden Pavilion in Kyoto.
Museums Nishinoshima Part of Oki Islands Nicola Jones Takuhi, the location of an impressive mountain shrine.... Matsuura) who was the priest of this shrine, and to the god of the shrine
