She performs the prescribed rituals — cleansing her hands, ringing a bell ... hours later go to Shinto shrines to celebrate the New Year. During other seasons, Japanese flock to Buddhist ...

The campaign will primarily take place at four locations: the Enoshima Benzaiten Nakamise Dori street, the Sea Candle lighthouse, the Dragon Love Bell, and the Enoshima Jinja shrine. The latter ...

The shrine has grown at a rapid rate over the past ... Coming off a short run with Japan in the Paris Games, Hachimura didn’t hold back in the season opener against the Minnesota Timberwolves ...

That Honda was the first Japanese car to be built ... from a river which flows past a large shrine that has fifty ceremonial ...

But some places take it to the next level with their New Year festivities, including shrine visits and waltzes ... bring you ...

URA said the temple is among the oldest surviving Cantonese temples in Singapore. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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and welcome the New Year with customs unique to Japan. Notable spots like Zojoji Temple near Tokyo Tower, Gohyakurakanji Temple, and Hie Shrine draw visitors eager to witness traditions such as Joya ...

The temple is made up of five courtyards filled with pristine gardens, a large pond known as the Well of Heavenly Clarity, and a large bell and drum tower ... Despite its small size, the pagoda’s ...

Steve Lee Hayes carved letters onto a pillar of a gate of a shrine in Shibuya and was arrested on suspicion of property ...

An American arrested for defacing a sacred Tokyo shrine became the latest example of Japan's struggle to cope with misbehaving visitors amid a boom in inbound tourism.