TeamLab will be holding "TeamLab Ube City Tokiwa Park 2018: Plants Traveling the World and Animals Living with Flowers" at the Tokiwa Museum Global Botanical Garden in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture ...

People dressed in traditional outfits play "kemari," or ancient Japanese football, at Shimogamo shrine in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on Jan. 4, 2023. (Mainichi/Kazuki Yamazaki))= Click/tap photo for more ...

For a few brief days this summer, a sacred shrine and forest in Kyoto, Japan, became a technicolor dreamscape. The Shimogamo shrine, a World Heritage site whose history dates back to the 6th century, ...

In ancient times, members of the noble class would play a game of kickball known as kemari. Though a rare sight these days, it is played at the start of each year at the Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto.

The Aoi Matsuri, one of Kyoto's three major festivals commences on May 15. Ahead of the event, a Yabusame ritual was held at Shimogamo Shrine, a World Heritage Site. Archers adorned in the regalia of ...

During Monday's ceremony at the Shimogamo Shrine, monks prayed for a successful tournament, which begins on Sept. 20 when hosts Japan face Russia in Tokyo. "This is Japanese culture and as a Japanese ...

There has been a series of incidents in which pillars, gates and other property at six locations including temples and shrines across Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara and Okinawa prefectures in Japan have been ...

The forces of globalization and colonization have made most contemporary architecture into a seemingly endless stream of indistinguishable buildings, no matter where in the world they are. Creativity ...