MOUNT HIEI: This mountain, the highest on Kyoto's Eastern perimeter, is located exactly to the Northeast of the city. The deities of Shimogamo Shrine are believed to reside on Mount Hiei and an ...

Bouldering: thanks to her ascent of Horizon at Mount Hiei in Japan, the 14-year-old American climber Ashima Shiraishi has become the first woman in the world to climb an 8C boulder problem.

14-year-old American climber Ashima Shiraishi becomes the first woman to send an 8C boulder problem with her repeat of Horizon at Mount Hiei in Japan. © Brett Lowell ...

For the latest chapter of Endurance Test, Los Angeles-based director Ivan Olita talks about his portrait of the monks of Mount Hiei, Japan, where spiritual practices hearken back thousand of years ...