Hidden in the buzzing Nihonbashi district, this more-than-1,000-year-old shrine is believed to hold the power to let you see ...

Built in 1920, this revered Shinto shrine in Tokyo sees around 3 million visitors every year. Despite this, it's an oasis of calm surrounded by 100,000 trees.

Miming and pointing can only get you so far. Japan is a country where English is infrequent, both in speech and writing. This, I had so far concluded, is wonderfully refreshing, enough to make even ...

First, they purified their hands and mouths at the temizuya, or water fountain. Once cleansed, they bowed deeply twice before the main altar, clapped twice to summon the kami, offered silent prayers ...