Teen tourist carves name into 1,200-year-old Japanese temple Her ... dogs and greet each other on the street every day. Cat owners can’t. So this temple is a special opportunity for feeling ...

one district where “old Tokyo” remains intact. Dignitaries from the worlds of business and politics soaked up the atmosphere of Daikyoji and the adjoining Temple Street full of old-time shops ...

The oldest religious site in Tokyo is also its most visited. The Senso-ji Temple sees about 30 million annual visitors and its inception dates all the way back to year 628. Despite its claim to ...

A Tokyo-based ... Senso-ji Temple and the Imperial Palace – all well worth a visit – there are plenty of lesser-known sites and experiences to discover. Nezu Shrine in the old Yanesen area ...

Pedestrians, shoppers, and people-watchers stroll on Chuo-dori in Ginza, one of Tokyo ... into the temple through Kaminarimon, the “thunder gate,” just across the street.

chanting frenetically as they carried a portable Shinto temple from shrine to shrine in downtown Tokyo. It was surprising to see a traditional ceremony unfolding in the heart of such a modern ...

Japan is a country that seamlessly blends the old with the ... here is Senso-ji, Tokyo’s oldest temple, which is approached via the bustling Nakamise shopping street. Here, you can purchase ...

Editor’s note: The theme of Inclusive Tokyo is to explore the ... gate to reach Nakamise-dori, a street with countless shops lining a passageway to the temple's main hall.

Black-and-white photographs reveal how the Japanese capital – and other travel hotspots – used to look Time, as the saying ...

Yamagata Prefecture, some 300 kilometers north of Tokyo ... spring resort where the main street is lined with hotels built from timber; an ancient Buddhist temple where you can find wooden ...

There are opportunities to dive into the local culture at historic temples and century-old markets ... and grab snacks. The temple and shopping street are good stops for first-time visitors after ...

The main thoroughfare in Harajuku is the pedestrian-only Takeshita Street ... Tokyo, which refers to the more traditional, working class part of the city. As such, Asakusa can be perceived as the ...