Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Grand sumo champion Yokozuna Terunofuji performs the Shiranui-style entering ceremony for the new year's dedication at the Meiji ...

At Tokyo’s Meiji Shrine, it’s not unusual for visitors to catch a glimpse of a traditional wedding, the couple led in procession by Shinto priests under a large red umbrella. Located within the ...

Meiji Shrine in Tokyo held its 155th Tanka Contest on 18 October, with a morning ceremony and an afternoon programme for visitors. Bauhaus-Poster als geometrische Abstraktion von Meiji-Schrein Tokio ...

Welcome back to Japan! In Part 2 of our Tokyo adventure, we're exploring the bustling streets of Shibuya, hitting a local Japanese gym with us, indulging in incredible fresh sushi, and finding ...

A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly defacing a wooden gate at a shrine in Tokyo, according to local police. Steve Lee Hayes has reportedly admitted to writing “his ...

The Meiji Jingu (Shrine) baseball park, which is one of the finest in the Orient and capable of seating over 30,000 spectators, was formally opened Saturday afternoon by His Imperial Highness the ...

November 3rd is 'Culture Day.' While this name is used as if it were natural today, this day was once a day for the entire ...

Brooklyn-based Japanese artist Tomokazu Matsuyama has brought a monumental stainless steel sculpture to Tokyo as part of the Meiji Jingu Forest Festival of Art. Curated by Art Powers Japan, the ...

Japan welcomed nearly 27 million visitors through September, a record pace, and their spending added 5.86 trillion yen ($37.5 billion) to the economy. But incidents of vandalism, public drunkenness, ...

Jan. 7 (UPI) --A formal ceremony heralded the start of the Japan's sumo wrestling season at the Meiji Jingu shrine on Tuesday, two months after a U.S. man was arrested for desecrating it. Japanese ...

Welcome back to Japan! In Part 2 of our Tokyo adventure, we're exploring the bustling streets of Shibuya, hitting a local Japanese gym with us, indulging in incredible fresh sushi, and finding ...