Nearly 1,000 trees are at risk of being felled in a rare oasis of greenery in central Tokyo to make way for ... The leafy Meiji Jingu Gaien area so popular with Tokyoites stands to lose as ...

A stately avenue formed by gingko trees in Tokyo’s leafy Meiji Jingu Gaien area is now lit up at night. The nighttime illumination is for 64 of the 146 trees in various autumn hues lined up in ...

The Meiji Jingu Gaien redevelopment project ... Others are worried about the project's visual impact on the landscape. Amid the controversy, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in February this ...

A 65-year-old U.S. citizen was detained by Japanese police on charges of damaging the wooden torii gate of one of Tokyo's most visited shrines, Meiji Jingu. Officers arrested the American tourist ...

Japanese grand sumo champion Yokozuna Terunofuji and two other sumo wrestlers formally opened the 2025 sumo wrestling season during an annual sumo ritual held at the Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo.