For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its ...

A Japanese shrine has banned non-worshipping visitors following a recent issue just a few years after Ghost of Tsushima fans ...

After Japan’s Prime Minister responded to questions around Assassin’s Creed: Shadows and the risk of copycat "defacing" of ...

The Tennoji Temple is found near the middle of the Izumi Settsu region of Japan. It is located immediately southeast of Osaka ...

They were told the structure was built using traditional methods for constructing Japanese shrines and temples. The Crown Prince and Princess also visited the Japanese government's Japan Pavilion ...

For the first time in a long, long time, PS5 has sold over 100k units in its native Japan. The console, powered by Monster Hunter Wilds and a temporary price drop, moved an impressive 108,978 ...

Atlus announced on March 3 that Metaphor: ReFantazio’s creative producer and director Katsura Hashino has been selected for an award from the Japanese government’s Agency for Cultural Affairs. In ...

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city. The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres ...

An annual spring Shinto festival has started at a shrine near Lake Biwa in Japan's western prefecture of Shiga. The first in a series of rituals of the Sanno Festival was held on Sunday at the ...

Yushima Shrine is located near the University of Tokyo, one of Japan’s top universities. The shrine boasts around 300 plum trees of 17 varieties that have made it a famous spot for plum blossoms since ...

Every Thursday night, the shrine would light up with mahfils, where Baul singers would pour their hearts out in mystic melodies. People from all over the town and beyond gathered here, drawn by ...

Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan's war dead, including convicted World War II war criminals, was vandalised again overnight Monday. It is deplorable that an act seeking to denigrate the ...