8 Culture Wandering around Fushimi Inari C. Rio At the entrance courtyard to Fushimi Inari, you are greeted with architecture similar to most other Japanese temples, but duc...
15 Culture Zenringai Peter Sidell Not far from the park and castle in Hirosaki in Japan's Aomori prefecture, Zenringai is an atmospheric district with 33 templ...
13 Culture Oeshiki Festival at Ikegami Temple Todd Wojnowski Oeshiki is an annual festival at Tokyo's Ikegami Honmonji temple. Held to honor the death of Saint Nichiren, 300,000 people f...
10 Culture Autumn at Tōfuku-ji Stacey Lin Tofuku-ji is one of the Five Great Temples of Kyoto. It is an easy 10 min walk from Tofuku-ji Station on the JR Nara - Keihan...
7 Culture Ryozen Gokoku Higashiyama John Carter Ryozen Gokoku is a Shinto shrine dedicated to the heroes of Japan that helped shape it’s future.
9 Culture Tamaki Shrine Virginia Gonzalez Tamaki Jinja is a shrine located in Totsukawa, in the south of Nara Prefecture. It is one of the main stops on the Okugakemic...
9 Culture Kaminarimon Gate Faye Close Kaminarimon Gate, standing at the entrance of Sensouji Temple, is Asakura's most famous landmarks.
12 Culture Hongu Town Virginia Gonzalez Hongu is a city in Wakayama Prefecture that is famous for its World Heritage Sites: the Kumano Hongu Taisha Shrine and the Ku...
7 Culture Koonji no Okunoin Temple Anonymous A deeper enclave of Koonji, temple No.61 of the Shikoku Pilgrimage where you can get a stamp for your book, and practice some...
10 Culture Shinagawa Shrine Karin Wu A shrine is usually dedicated to one deity, but one can pray for many different aspects of life here.
