Hans Sautter / Aurora Select This Shinto shrine dedicated to Inari, the god of rice, sake, and prosperity, was founded in 711 A.D. and is one of Kyoto's oldest and most revered Shinto shrines.

As far as Shinto shrines go (there are about 400 in Kyoto), this one is pretty special. Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari ...

Aioi-no-yashiro, a small shrine on the grounds of Shimogamo Jinja Shrine in Kyoto, is known to have a ... It spread from Shinto shrines to Buddhist temples and was quite popular during the ...

Situated on Otowa Mountain in eastern Kyoto, Kiyomizu-dera ... in the complex is the Jishu Shrine, a red-lacquered temple dedicated to Okuninushi-no-mikoto, the Shinto god of love.

Kyoto is dotted with Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines offering amulets for health, longevity, safety, easy childbirth and other blessings. An amulet warding off an epidemic centuries ago now ...

In April, the city council was presented with a proposal that would build a replica of a Japanese Shinto Shrine ... Prior to the shrine, the Hendersons built a Kyoto Tea House in 1958.

A Shinto shrine made famous by Ghost of Tsushima has now banned foreign tourists after a ‘grave and unforgivable act of disrespect.’ ...

KYOTO--Cultural treasures usually off-limits to the public are unveiled at Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and other facilities across the ancient capital as part of a fall exhibition. The ...

A Shinto shrine that's believed to have influenced a similar location in Ghost of Tsushima has reportedly banned tourists after an undisclosed incident involving foreigners. Named Watazumi Shrine, the ...

The city of Kyoto is famous for being the former seat of imperial Japan. It’s also the country’s cultural and spiritual capital, with hundreds of Buddhist shrines and Shinto temples.

Legend suggests it began as a small shrine built by the mother of ... We may be the only ones in Kyoto, and I'm proud to have this privilege. 06:14 The "shinme" is brought to Kamigamo Jinja ...