Culture The First Emperor of Japan Gary Luscombe Here you can find a small and mysterious hillside shrine called Kanii-jinja... Later, during the Meiji Restoration of the 19th century, Kashihara Jingu shrine
Culture Shinagawa Shukuba Matsuri 2024 Mid Sep It’s popular to pray for traffic accident prevention at Shinagawa Temple
Culture Ikazaki Kite Fighting Festival 2025 Monday - May 5th gagari is attached to the middle of the kite string to catch and cut the strings
Culture Oharaimachi Oharai-machi (おはらい町) is a small traditional town that prospered outside the gates of the entrance of Ise Jingu Shrine — Japan's most sacred..
Culture Kanuma Buttsuke Autumn Festival 2024 Oct 10th - Oct 11th The yatai as well as a portable shrine, or mikoshi, are paraded through... On the first day, the mikoshi and yatai are brought to the Imamiya Shrine
Culture Bonsai & Suiseki at Meiji Shrine 2024 Early Jun Enjoy a stroll through Meiji Shrine and visit the bonsai and suiseki exhibition which happens every year in June.
Historical The Stone Lanterns of Kasuga Shrine Justin Velgus The Kasuga Shrine has its own place in Japanese history, but to the average traveler is it hard to ignore the 3000 plus lanterns that litter the entrance