The global hit anime “Demon Slayer” (known in Japan as “Kimetsu no Yaiba”) is approaching its conclusion. The final story arc ...

enshrined at what one might call Japan’s shrine of all shrines. Ise Grand Shrine, in the city of Ise in Mie Prefecture and otherwise often referred to as Ise Jingu, is home to 125 shrines ...

On February 17, the Shizuoka City city council gathered for a regular meeting of the assembly. One of the topics discussed, though, was anything but ordinary: it looks like Shizuoka is going to be ...