A lot of the most popular shrines and temples are actually open 24/7, so the fact that you can technically go whenever you ...

Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari, the Shinto deity of rice and sake (Japanese rice wine). The shrine complex dates back ...

SANBAGAWA, Gunma Prefecture--Benmou Suzuki’s dilapidated 420-year-old temple ... Owning a temple, shrine or church recognized as a religious corporation in Japan can confer sizeable tax benefits.

Masami Takeda brought her 6-year-old grandson, and they picked up ... festivals involving “mikoshi,” or portable shrines. “In Japan, faith is not considered an important element of religion ...