SANBAGAWA, Gunma Prefecture--Benmou Suzuki’s dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest near a tiny Japanese mountain village, hardly looks like prized real estate. Yet the monk ...

It was home to Fujisengen Shrine, which served as the gateway ... Subashiri became legendary, a village laid to waste by Japan's most famous natural wonder. Subashiri Village was located in ...

During other seasons, Japanese flock to Buddhist Bon dances and Shinto-related festivals involving “mikoshi,” or portable shrines. “In Japan, faith is not considered an important element of ...

The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion) shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. Japanese history credits Meiji for modernizing Japan by incorporating Western ...

The village was ruled by the Ryuga clan, which controls Japan's political and business ... a member of the family is brutally murdered at the village shrine. It was the beginning of a terrifying ...

Kyoto, Japan, is the ideal location ... Located right next to Yasaka Shrine, you will find yourself in the atmosphere of a mountain village outside an ancient city from the moment you walk in.