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 ...

TOKYO -- The leaves of ginkgo trees at the Japanese capital's Meiji Jingu Gaien area, where redevelopment work is underway, have turned yellow, delighting visitors taking photos and videos of the ...

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 ...

Celebrated author Haruki Murakami has thrown his weight behind a growing campaign against plans to radically alter the look of Tokyo’s Meiji Jingu Gaien ... environment and landscape due to ...

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.

After that, head over to the Harajuku area for a walk around Meiji Jingu, Tokyo’s grandest shrine. Dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shōken, it was first built in 1920 and then rebuilt in ...

Located in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park, Meiji-Jingu is one of Japan's most visited ... creating a truly enchanting landscape.