We independently select everything we recommend. Buying through us may earn us a commission, which supports our work. OSAKA, Japan — The 1,000-year-old pilgrimage to the Kumano Sanzen — the three ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Kumano Kodo trail consists of six pilgrimage routes documenting more than 1,200 years of Shinto and Buddhist history with a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This Jan. 2, 2014 photo shows visitors performing ablutions during a pilgrimage to the Kiyoshikojin Seicho-ji temple complex on a ...

Visitors performing ablutions during a pilgrimage to the Kiyoshikojin Seicho-ji temple complex on a wooded mountain just north of Osaka, Japan. About 3.5 million people visit the complex annually, ...

On my morning jogs on Shiraishi Island, I pass many things: some scary (spiders and snakes), some interesting (what’s been washed up on the beach overnight) and some spiritual. The other day I had to ...

Abe will also need to explain to voters how he plans to make up for the funding gap from the tax hike delay to October 2019, and keep pledges to beef up support for the elderly. (Reuters) Japanese ...

TAKARAZUKA, Japan (AP) — With its bullet trains, electronic toilets that warm, clean and dry, and hyper-efficient delivery systems that bring online orders to the doorstep within hours, it’s easy to ...