Coral Expeditions has three 14-night Through the Heart of Japan departures in 2025: October 4, October 18 and November 2.

Tourism, climate goals, and animal rights concerns are sparking a plant-based renaissance in a country famous for sushi and ...

Ma-Yi Theater Company and The Public Theater are set to bring the intense world of sumo wrestling to the stage with the New ...

Meditation is central in both Indian and Japanese hermit traditions, serving as a means to transcend ordinary consciousness ...

When asked what it takes to “truly” belong in a country, many people globally say speaking the local language is key.

Shinto is often described as Japan’s indigenous religion—but can it expand beyond Japan? While traditionally tied to Japanese culture, shrines, and national identity, modern practitioners argue that ...

There are religions that put their believers' faith to the test with harsh trials. On a mountain in Japan, that test is not ...

Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo, eagerly stretching their hands to catch the dried ...

In hotspots like Kyoto you sometimes have to queue for the queues, but escaping the country’s overtourism problem couldn’t be simpler ...

Large shares in many middle-income countries say following the historically predominant religion is key to "true" national ...

While Spain's headline trail now attracts up to half a million pilgrims a year, its twin is often uncrowded and offers a ...

The Supreme Court failed to address the core constitutional issue of the separation of church and state in its ruling on an enshrinement case involving the war-related Yasukuni Shrine.