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 ...

The shrine is famous for its thousands of red torii, which form a beautiful tunnel leading up to Inari Mountain ... is one of ...

In recent years, Japan’s most prominent temples and shrines have become increasingly crowded, particularly as surging inbound ...

A Canadian teenager has been questioned by police in Japan after carving letters on a wooden pillar of an 8th Century temple. Police said the 17-year-old boy carved "Julian" on a pillar at the ...

Accompanied by mountain guides, Japan-based writer Ally Hongo walks ... such as Daishinbo, which are temple inns used by worshipers to rest before ascending the mountains. The shukubo is equipped ...