The town has many remarkable attractions, including Danjo Garan, a huddle of temples with a stunning, 48-metre-high ...

A new study says that Japan’s Kyoto is the most popular religious tourism destination worldwide, followed by Varanasi in India and Vatican City in Italy.

Shinto, once an unwritten tradition rooted in nature, shrines, and ancestral worship, wasn’t always classified as a “religion.” This video traces how Japan’s native spiritual practice was reshaped ...

A massive warship sat calmly at the dock of Pier 15 in Port Area, Manila on Saturday, June 21. She had just arrived after a seven-day-long journey from ...

Painted between 1600 and 1604, “The Entombment of Christ” shows the moment Jesus is taken down from the cross and laid on the ...

Japanese heritage and traditional Shinto beliefs with the cultural values of America and Christian faith. It symbolizes an ...

Hindus, Muslims and the unaffiliated each make up about a quarter or more of the Asia-Pacific population. These groups all grew there from 2010-2020, according to Pew Research Center.

Nara Japan offers beauty, history and deer encounters, and is especially gorgeous during cherry blossom season.

IKITSUKI, Japan ... Mase-Hasegawa, a religion studies professor at J.F. Oberlin University in Tokyo. Tanimoto believes his ancestors continued the Hidden Christian traditions because becoming Catholic ...

That changed after the shoguns began to see the religion as a threat. The crackdown that followed in the early 17th century was fierce. Many continued to practice in hiding, and when Japan opened ...

Japan has a new sumo grand champion after breaking years of dominance from other nations. Onosato, weighing in at 191 ...