Momo Nomura, a graphic designer and a business owner, walks to collect Goshuin, a seal stamp certifying her visit that comes with elegant calligraphy and the season’s drawings, at Sakura Jingu shrine ...

Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, which commemorates some two and a half million mostly Japanese soldiers and civilians killed in World War II, is one of the country’s most revered sites, visited by millions ...

Planning 5 days in Tokyo means navigating a city that shifts from ancient temple calm to neon-lit sensory overload in the span of a single day. This day-by-day itinerary hits Tokyo’s most sacred ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Religious offerings dedicated by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, left, and Health, Labour and Welfare Minister Katsunobu ...

TOKYO—A Tokyo landmark dedicated to Japan's war dead that has become a perpetual sore in Japan's relations with its neighbors is again about to take center stage. China and South Korea have long ...

TOKYO – Almost weekly Momo Nomura makes time to visit Shinto shrines. She performs the prescribed rituals — cleansing her hands, ringing a bell, bowing and clapping. But her main purpose is getting a ...