A special rugby shrine opened in the Marunouchi business district of central Tokyo on Tuesday, ahead of the Rugby World Cup starting in a month. Goal posts resembling a Shinto torii gateway and a bell shaped like a rugby ball to be rung by worshippers ...
Zojoji Temple in central Tokyo appears to be the latest target of attack by vandals suspected of defacing shrines and temples across the country this month with an unidentified liquid, according to the police. Police are investigating at least a dozen stains that were found ...
Temple squirter strikes again at UNESCO sites in Kyoto, Nara
Shimogamo Shrine and Kinpusenji Temple, two UNESCO World Heritage sites in west Japan, become the latest targets of vandals who appear bent on defacing such sites with a liquid.
Japanese folklore meets anime in Kyoto
The colors were jarring. Beneath the vermillion torii gates of Kyoto's Shimogamo Shrine and surrounded by the olive broadleaves of Tadasu Forest was a pool of furry, bright yellow ponchos, decorated with the brown facial features, rounded ears and bulbous oblong tails of the ...
