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Ise Jingu

Ise Jingu

Located in Mie Prefecture, the Ise Grand Shrine is a Shinto shrine dedicated to the sun goddess. Supposedly, the shrine or “J...

Mie
Going to Comiket

Going to Comiket

Reika Clare

Guidelines for participating in Comic Market, the biggest anime, manga and game subculture event, which happens twice a year ...

Tokyo
Todaiji

Todaiji

Todai-ji Temple, also known as the Great Eastern Temple, was originally built in 752 at the behest of Emperor Shomu. It is on...

Nara
Kintaikyo Festival

Kintaikyo Festival

Paul Walsh

Edo-era costume parade in this annual reenactment of the return of the local lord over one of the world's most beautiful brid...

Yamaguchi
Asagaya

Asagaya

Tom Roseveare

Asagaya is, it could be said, a curious town. Unlike Koenji and Ogikubo, its neighbors on the Chuo Line, Asagaya's elegant re...

Tokyo
Horyuji Temple

Horyuji Temple

Japan is filled with a wide variety of temples, ranging from modest to opulent and from massive to small. Horyuji in Nara sta...

Nara