A special scaled down “mikoshi” portable shrine for children featured for the first time in the 700-year history of the bustling Sanja Matsuri festival in Tokyo’s downtown Asakusa district.

Every fall, visitors flock to Tochigi Prefecture to experience the stunning koyo (autumn foliage) in Nikko. Located less than ...

The Senso-ji shrine is dedicated to this lucky catch and ... The Senso-ji Temple is easily accessed via the Asakusa station. Although the temple grounds remain open 24/7, the main hall welcomes ...

visitors to the 400-year-old Kotohiragu Shinto shrine tie any unlucky omikuji paper fortunes to a string, so the bad luck can blow away. ASAKUSA: A new type of urban design A few weeks later ...

Self-guided Japan Itinerary options with 5, 10 days and 2 weeks in Japan. Our Japan Itinerary 10 days includes Tokyo, Kyoto ...

When the sensory overload starts to kick in (and it will), retreat to Yoyogi Park (a local favorite during cherry blossom season) or practice peace at the Meiji Shrine. Accessible via Harajuku ...

From the lights of Tokyo, to nature on the Izu Peninsula and the pretty city of Kyoto, this 7-day Japan itinerary is the ...

Beniko’s photos taken in Japanese red-light districts focus on the buildings and rooms usually hidden from view. Read more at ...

Amaterasu, the mythical progenitor of Japan’s imperial line 2,600 years ago, was lured from her cave to peek at the Goddess ...

It was late morning and steam was rising from water tanks atop the colorful, but opaque-windowed, “soapland” sex parlors in a ...

It’s late morning and steam is rising from water tanks atop the colourful but opaque-windowed “soapland” sex parlours in a ...