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Just after Jianfu Mountain (見府山), you will encounter a bizarre sight: a lone sculpted stone pillar sticking up out of the dirt, part of an old Shinto shrine. About two hours ... One small section is ...

Sento can be traced back as far as the sixth century, when spiritual purification by way of water was part of Buddhist and Shinto practices. Communal baths were initially found in temples but ...

I wanted to make a point of placing the monsters within the daily life of Tokyo,” says the photographer Tess Ayano, who spent ...

But I’m personally drawn to [Japan’s] Shinto shrines,” she says ... Don’t miss A look inside the pyramids. Be warned: this involves potential bum-shuffling along narrow corridors.

that for centuries have kept vigil over Shinto shrines, silently forming the sounds “a” and “un”: alpha and omega, the beginning and the end. There are chains set up to corral crowds into ...

The gold leaf feature is said to be a reflection of what is housed inside ... Inari-taisha Shrine, one of many of its kind in Japan and originally built to honour Inari, the Shinto god of rice.

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