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Otori Shrine

Otori Shrine

Sleiman Azizi

Otori Shrine in Adachi City is a local shrine famous for its kumade rakes, used for 'raking in' good fortune for the coming y...

Tokyo
Ishihama Shrine

Ishihama Shrine

Sleiman Azizi

Ishihama Shrine, in Arakawa City, was established almost 1300 years ago by the Emperor Shomu.. Now situated by the Sumida Riv...

Tokyo
Ushijima Shrine

Ushijima Shrine

Sleiman Azizi

Located by Sumida River, Ushijima Shrine is a Shinto shrine that features a rare wooden miwa torii - a three gated torii - as...

Tokyo
Ebisu Shrine 6

Ebisu Shrine

Kim

Ebisu Shrine is a pocket of tranquility in the heart of busy Tokyo. The small shrine is completely surrounded by office build...

Tokyo
Suwa Shrine 6

Suwa Shrine

Sleiman Azizi

Suwa Shrine is Nagasaki's premier Shinto shrine. Built in the 1600s, the shrine is an important spiritual centre and contains...

Nagasaki
KYOTO STEAM 2022

KYOTO STEAM 2022

Nicholas Lloyd

A unique Kyoto festival that is made of multiple arts and cultural events that explore the relationship between art and science.

Kyoto
Uesugi Shrine

Uesugi Shrine

Kim

Uesugi Shrine is located in Yonezawa, Yamagata, and pays respect to Uesugi Kenshin, known as one of the most most powerful da...

Yamagata
Susanoo Shrine

Susanoo Shrine

Sleiman Azizi

Susanoo Shrine in Arakawa City is an old Shinto shrine featuring the zuikoseki stone from which the shrine was founded, maste...

Tokyo
Tozan Shrine 6

Tozan Shrine

Kim

Arita, in Saga Prefecture, is home to one of Japan's most unique shrines. Tozan Shrine is decked out in pottery, including a ...

Saga
Kokuzo Shrine 12

Kokuzo Shrine

Ekaterina Bespyatova

Kokuzo shrine is featured in the Engishiki, a thousand-year-old book from the Heian period. It's one of the oldest shrines in...

Kumamoto