In Iinan, Shimane Prefecture, artisans hand-craft the giant sacred rope for Izumo Taisha Shrine’s main hall. It is one of Japan’s largest shimenawa, remade roughly every seven years by a community ...

SATOYAMA SPIRITS TOKYO, a bar that distills the botanical scents of Japan’s traditional countryside into cocktails,opened recently in Tokyo’s Ebisu district.

Tokyo Islands Explorer, a multilingual booking platform for the Izu Islands, launched on July 9, 2026. The site combines ...

เปิดตัว "Tokyo Islands Explorer" บริการจองที่รองรับหลายภาษาสำหรับนักท่องเที่ยวต่างชาติอย่างเป็นทางการ ครอบคลุมการจองที่พัก ...

For residents and visitors to Tokyo, the closest isle worthy of the Cat Island designation lies in Kanagawa Prefecture, the capital’s neighbor to the south. Enoshima, which can be accessed from a ...

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%BA%90%E6%B0%8F Japanese commoners had no official surnames all the way until the Meiji Restoration (1868), meaning the acquisition ...

Tales of the samurai are synonymous with swordsmen around the world, but in fact some of Japan’s most celebrated warriors were women. Technically, women couldn’t become samurai. But samurai was a ...

"The origin of omiyage is unclear, but it is thought that the custom began in association with sacred pilgrimages. Those who visited Shinto shrines were expected to bring back evidence of the ...

Ever since the action-adventure video game Ghost of Tsushima was released in 2020, there’s been a rise in interest in Japan’s island of Tsushima. The story of a samurai seeking to protect the island ...

Nagata Seiji devoted his life to the study of Hokusai. Hokusai’s works can be seen in museums around the world, including the British Museum in London and the Museum of Metropolitan Art in New York.

Hakata-za is a traditional Japanese theatre which has over 1,000 seats. Various types of Japanese performances and musicals can be appreciated at the Hakata-za. This theatre is slightly smaller ...

Your pilgrimage starts in Takijiri, about 40 minutes by bus from JR Kii-Tanabe Station. (All photos provided by John Rucynski) July of this year marks the 20th anniversary of “Sacred Sites and ...