Entrances to the shrine feature huge wooden gates, known as torii, which are crowned with distinct curved beams. The suspect, who was visiting Japan with his family, faces up to three years in ...

1 swimming beach,” attracting many beachgoers in summer. But now, Kanonji city has something new to offer: the “torii gate in the sky” of the “hongu” main building of Takayajinja shrine ...

HATSUKAICHI, Hiroshima Prefecture--The famed “floating” torii gate of Itsukushimajinja shrine, a World Heritage site under repair, was revealed for the first time in about three and a half years.

The number of people visiting Japan hit record levels in 2024, but top ‘Golden Route’ destinations such as Kyoto and Osaka ...

His father, Ken, was travelling around Japan and came across a beautiful island with a torii gate, used by the Japanese to symbolically mark the transition of the mundane to the sacred.

Aoshima Shrine, an island sanctuary just off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, has installed lights to illuminate the main shrine, torii gates, and surrounding pathways after dark. The tourism ...