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Imamiya Shrine 14

Imamiya Shrine

Meg Sing

Imamiya Shrine erected due to a plague in Kyoto 1000 years ago has age-old ties with Yasurai Matsuri and two aburi mochi shop...

Kyoto
Tsukiyomi Shrine 7

Tsukiyomi Shrine

Maren Pauli

Visit Tsukiyomi Shrine at the foot of Sakurajima and get rewarded with an amazing view of the volcano.

Kagoshima
Oji Shrine

Oji Shrine

Sleiman Azizi

Oji Shrine is said to have been built around the same time its famous gingko tree was planted, some time in the early 14th ce...

Tokyo
Torigoe Shrine

Torigoe Shrine

Sleiman Azizi

One of Tokyo's oldest Shinto shrine, Torigoe Shrine in Taito City has a history dating back to the beginnings of the Japanese...

Tokyo
Totto Shrine

Totto Shrine

Dorothee Tsunoda

Totto Shrine in the Japanese village of Higashiagatsumamachi is over 100 years old. It is still an important spiritual cente...

Gunma
Dalí in Kyoto

Dalí in Kyoto

Cordelia Ding

Currently exhibiting at the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art - until September 4th of this year - is a temporary, special collec...

Kyoto
Katori Shrine

Katori Shrine

Jasper Wilkins

Katori shrine is one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan and is located in Chiba, north east of Narita. It is free to enter...

Chiba