NIKKO, Tochigi Prefecture ... topped 2 million since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. In 2018, about 2.4 million visitors came to see the shrine. Though there were about 130 Shinto priests ...

Nikko, which is best known for its historic Toshogu shrine, isn't marketing itself to North American visitors as an alternative to Tokyo. It can't compete with the urban energy of Japan's capital.

is one of Japan's leading tourist destinations. Nikko includes many popular sites including the Nikko Toshogu Shrine, renowned for its remarkable sculptures. However, there is more to Nikko than ...

Mount Nantai was revered in ancient Japan, and the peaks of Mount Nasudake were once a hub for mountain worship. The Shrines and Temples of Nikko and the nature around them have also been ...

NIKKO, Tochigi -- A unique "gacha" vending machine selling antique kimonos has been installed near a road leaning to Nikko Toshogu Shrine, targeting foreign inbound tourists. The "Kimono Gacha ...

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.

The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion) shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. Japanese history credits Meiji for modernizing Japan by incorporating Western ...