Pure white "ginryoso" flowers, or Monotropastrum humile, bloom among fallen leaves at Oomiwa Jinja shrine in Sakurai, Nara ...

A new building inspired by an ancient Japan palace was recently completed here at Manyo Botanical Garden on the grounds of ...

As far as Shinto ... the shrine sans the crowds. The Fushimi Inari Shrine is free to visit and open daily from sunrise to sunset and is easily accessible via JR Inari Station on the JR Nara ...

Ishiba has no plans to visit the Shinto shrine during the three-day festival, according to people familiar with the matter. The shrine is regarded by neighboring countries as a symbol of Japan's past ...

Ishiba has no plans to visit the Shinto shrine during the three-day festival, according to people familiar with the matter. Neighboring countries regard the shrine as a symbol of Japan's past ...

Nara is a magical escape just an hour away from Osaka and Kyoto, perfect for a Singaporean visitor seeking a break from the ...

Yasukuni honors Japan's wartime leaders, convicted as war criminals by a post-World War II international tribunal, along with millions of war dead. Ishiba and his cabinet ministers did not visit the ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a Cabinet meeting at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2024. (Mainichi) Ishiba and his Cabinet ministers did not visit the Shinto shrine during its ...