Are you slow traveling through Japan and looking to be in nature? You won’t want to miss this site on your must-visit list!

“There are people out there who want a temple, even a mountain temple ... Owning a temple, shrine or church recognized as a religious corporation in Japan can confer sizeable tax benefits.

Unwrap the mystery of Japan’s spirituality at Unesco World Heritage site Kumano Kodo. The pilgrimage routes to Wakayama’s Kumano Sanzan shrines in the Kii Mountains, known as the Kumano Kodo ...

Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari, the Shinto deity of rice and sake (Japanese rice wine). The shrine complex dates back ...

High up in the Japanese Alps ... In the background are pale mountains, delicate cherry blossoms, far-off shrines and glimpses of a translucent sea. One scene of Oi juku, a post town just a ...

An annual spring Shinto festival has started at a shrine near Lake Biwa in Japan's western prefecture of Shiga.

Japan’s highest (3,776 meters) and most revered mountain was designated a World ... gave it to a Shinto shrine in 1606 — Sengen Taisha (浅間大社), based in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture.

Mie Prefecture boasts Shinto's holiest of holies, Ise Shrine ... Central Japan offers adventure and allure – the tallest mountains in the country, Unesco World Heritage sites and vibrant ...

The Koumano Kodo pilgrimage trail is home to some of Japan's most spiritual sites with temples, shrines and beautiful forests ...

But while the area’s mountains are ... A hidden shrine tucked deep in the woods where time feels as though it has stood still for centuries. According to Japanese legend, the sun goddess ...