This three-hour tour is designed to provide a perfect introduction to Tokyo for first-timers or to reorient returning travelers to the aesthetics of the Japanese capital. Join a local architect or ...

(CNN) — Dozens of worshipers took a deep breath and a brave plunge into icy waters at a Tokyo shrine Sunday, keeping afloat a New Year tradition to purify the soul and pray for good health. The cold ...

The latest set of pictures captures Rubina Dilaik And Husband Abhinav Shukla unwinding in an open-air onsen alongside actor friends Aakanksha Singh and Kunal Sain.

In Japan, it’s customary to start off the new year be going to a Shinto shrine to pray for good fortune in the new year. While many are thought to convey a vague blessing of overall prosperity, some ...

If a Panama-hat-wearing Sam Neill tapped me on the shoulder and shouted “run!”, I wouldn’t have been at all surprised. When you first catch a glimpse of Miyajima Island from the train, it really has ...

Around 130 people sheltered inside the Shinto shrine after roads around it were shut off More than 100 people have had to shelter in a shrine on a mountain top in Japan after heavy snowfall cut off ...

More than 100 people have had to shelter in a shrine on a mountain top in Japan after heavy snowfall cut off access by road. Around 130 people were forced to spend the night in the halls and lobbies ...

The dappled morning light illuminates the damp forest soil beneath our feet, while overhead the tops of the tall black pine, cedar and cypress trees sway in the breeze. Komorebi (木漏れ日), our guide ...