SETANA, Hokkaido--A rising number of people are putting themselves in danger of bone-fracturing tumbles, crushed skulls by falling rocks and wild animal attacks to reach a shrine that honors a ...

Two tourists have been accused of disrespecting Japanese culture after filming gymnastics moves at a sacred shrine in Hokkaido ... the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine to mark the transition ...

BIEI, Hokkaido--This farming town of around 9,300 ... Biei was inspired by Dazaifu, a city where the famed Dazaifu Tenmangu Shinto shrine is located, in Fukuoka Prefecture on the southern main ...