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3333 Founded in Kyoto by the monk Shinshō (797-873), a pupil of Kūkai , as part part of the Shingon sect , Eikan-dō (View of Et...

3324 Posted on 10.07.2013, 01.01.2020 The Kaminarimon (Thunder Gate) is the outer of the two large entrance gates that leads to th...

The group of Kaiun Mountain (1785ｍ), Osutaka Mountain (1775ｍ), and Kenashi Mountain (1732ｍ) is called Mitsutouge Mountain as a whole. ...

Tokyo Station is a railway station in the Marunouchi business district of Chiyoda , being the main intercity rail terminal in Tokyo ....

Ogata Kōrin (1658-1716) was a painter of the Rinpa school , which flourished in Kyōto , Nara , and Ōsaka , i.e., the political and cul...

2495 An interior of a house from Tokyo Area in 1970 In October 1945, when he arrived in Tokyo as part of the Allied forces occupying...

2321 Minato Mirai 21 in Yokohama, with Landmark Tower in center and Mount Fuji in background When Japan emerged from centuries of is...

Sakurajima (lit. "Cherry Island") is an active stratovolcano and a former island, which was connected with the Osumi Peninsu...

1984 Ōura Church Christianity was introduced in Japan by Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier in 1549 and spread rapidly in the western...

1981 Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum - A replica of the Urakami Cathedral side wall after the atomic bombing. As it is widely known, dur...

Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period , influenced by painters as Sesshu and other styles of Chinese pai...

Located in the Inland Sea of Japan , the Shōdo Island (Island of Small Beans) is a popular destination for domestic tourism, firstly ...

In this postcard is a Bugaku dance performance (accompanied by a Gagaku orchestra) at Ise Jingū (Ise Shrine), probably during the Sp...

In Japanese culture, garden-making is a high art, equal to the arts of calligraphy and ink painting. Gardens are considered three-dimen...

The largely temperate Japan has its own endemic species of monkey, which comes as a surprise to those who associates these mammals wit...

"Families Struth discovered parallels with his street scenes in the classic family portrait, moved here too by the desire to invo...

Mount Aso , located in Aso Kujū National Park , is the largest active volcano in Japan , and is among the largest in the world, with on...

Hakata Gion Yamakasa is a Japanese festival celebrated from 1 to 15 July in Hakata , Fukuoka . Its rites centre is on Kushida Jinja , ...

Probably that, together with the samurai , geisha are the most distinctive symbol of Japan . Geisha are traditional Japanese female en...

The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route , known also as the "Roof of Japan", is a famous mountain sightseeing route between th...