The hall was conceived in the image of a "shrine in a forest of the local deity ... the most precious modernist buildings still in use. (Japanese original by Akihiro Ogomori, Photo and Video ...

Tokyo, Nagano is a magnet for skiers and snowboarders, but it also has temples, macaque monkeys and a town Hokusai painted in ...

SANBAGAWA, Gunma Prefecture--Benmou Suzuki’s dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest ... shrine and a church. A surge in religious properties coming up for sale has Japanese ...

the Japanese commemorated their contributions with the Meiji Shrine. While the buildings are certainly worth visiting, the surrounding forest (considered part of the vast Yoyogi Park) is a sight ...

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 ...

Rising above rice fields like a giant broccoli is this sacred chinju-no-mori, or shrine grove. Science journal Nature published 51 contributions by Minakata Kumagusu, a distinguished Japanese ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Japan House London announces its forthcoming exhibition, The Craft of Carpentry: Drawing Life from Japan's Forests, opening on 12 March 2025. The exhibition explores Japan's highly developed carpentry ...