is located in Sanbagawa - an area three hours’ drive from Tokyo with only 500 residents and which also has three other Buddhist temples, one Shinto shrine and a church. A surge in religious ...

With over 1,600 Buddhist temples and numerous Shinto shrines ... For instance, the annual Gion Matsuri, associated with ...

Kyoto's storied Buddhist ... centuries-old Shinto shrines, stroll along a willow-canopied and geisha-filled road before visiting a traditional wooden tea house and touring Zen temples in ornate ...

The temple is also an important Buddhist pilgrimage site ... which appear to float on the water at high tide. The shrine is a classic example of Shinto architecture and is set in picturesque ...