With its hot springs, ancient shrine, and Mt. Fuji views, this mountain town is a welcome reprieve from the big cities.

Like Hakone, Nikko has vibrant ... You won't usually see a five-story Buddhist pagoda like the one here at a Shinto shrine. Speaking of seeing things, the old maxim, "See no evil, hear no evil, ...

Torii gates are iconic symbols found throughout Shinto shrines in Japan. They mark the crossing between the normal world to the sacred world. In ancient Japan, they were traditionally made of wood or ...

In many places, Shinto and Buddhism, with their associated structures, shrines and temples respectively, share the same sacred grounds. Today, there are about 80,000 shrines and 77,000 temples in ...

Almost weekly Momo Nomura makes time to visit Shinto shrines. She performs the prescribed rituals — cleansing her hands, ringing a bell, bowing and clapping. But her main purpose is getting a ...