The shrine is significant in Japanese culture and annually hosts thousands of Japanese visitors on New Year's Eve, followed by the annual ceremony to start Japan's sumo wrestling season.

Japan's official cherry blossom spotters on Monday confirmed the first blooming of the country's favourite flower, declaring ...

KYOTO--A New Year’s ceremonial event highlighted by a card-snatching game was held for the first time in three years at Yasakajinja shrine here on Jan. 3. Dressed in the traditional costume of ...

Hatsumode (the first shrine visit of the year) is an important Japanese New Year tradition and one that can be enjoyed with the kids. If year-end activities like oosouji are for driving out the ...

In the fall of 2020, the town of Tsushima’s Watazumi Shrine was damaged by a typhoon that struck the area, destroying one of its torii gates that rises out of the bay waters adjacent to the shrine. In ...

An iconic Japanese shrine that Ghost of Tsushima fans helped repair has now banned all tourists after an “unforgivable” act was committed.