One of the most breathtaking tourism experiences found near Kyoto, Japan is this highly-visited serene walk through a ...

The property is located 1.7 km from Shoren-in Temple, 2.3 km from Kiyomizu-dera Temple and 2.5 km from TKP Garden City Kyoto. Heian Shrine is 2.6 km away and Sanjusangen-do Temple is 2.9 km from the ...

KYOTO--Geisha scattered roasted soybeans to exorcise “evil spirits” and bring good fortune in the year ahead during a traditional event held at Yasakajinja shrine here. Geisha and “maiko” ...

A bout 700 feet from Zambezi National Park and less than a 10-minute drive to Mosi-oa-Tunya, a.k.a. Victoria Falls, one of ...

Aioi-no-yashiro, a small shrine on the grounds of Shimogamo Jinja Shrine in Kyoto, is known to have a “god of matchmaking” as its guardian deity. When I visited the place, numerous “ema ...

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 ...