The Tomioka Hachimangu shrine is famous for a summer festival in ... There are some 80,000 shrines, and about as many Shinto priests, in Japan but female priests make up only a tiny fraction ...

A short metro or regional train ride from Kyoto, Osaka trades ancient temples for modern architecture, a lively atmosphere ...

Performed at Shinto shrines ... Yabusame that he moved to Japan to learn it. Now with ten years of experience under his belt, he's going to open the ceremony at the famous Nikko Toshogu Shrine ...

The crowds cheer as a young rider, wearing the costume of an ancient Japanese ... shrine that hosts the festival in Kuwana, 100km (62 miles) east of Kyoto, told the BBC it is an ancient Shinto ...

Most visitors hit the "golden triangle" of Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto on Honshu's east coast. Here's why the regions of Chugoku and Shikoku shouldn't be overlooked, and everything you should see during ...

In Shinto, the water deity appears in various guises at shrines. In Buddhism, dragons ward off fires, bring the virtuous rain of Dharma, and often adorn the ceilings of lecture halls at Zen temples.