At Udo Shrine in Miyazaki prefecture, Japan, visitors can purchase clay balls and attempt to toss them into a rope circle on top of a rock below. (Seth Robson/Stars and Stripes) ...

Udo Shrine. Sacred to: Hiko Nagi-satake Ugaya-fukiaezu no Mikoto Location: Miyaura 3232, Nichinan-shi, Miyazaki Prefecture The origins of the shrine are unknown, but Udozaki itself has been ...

Udo Shrine, on the coast of Miyazaki south of Aoshima, ticks all of those boxes. The gateway to Udo Shrine sits atop a seaside cliff. Image: Vicki L Beyer. The shrine is the setting for one of Japan’s ...

Aoshima Shrine, an island sanctuary just off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, has installed lights to illuminate the main shrine, torii gates, and surrounding pathways after dark. The tourism ...

Komamiya Jinja. Enshrined deity: Jinmu Tennō, the legendary “first emperor” of Japan; Address: Hirayama 1095, Nichinan, Miyazaki Prefecture; This is an ancient shrine, with records suggesting ...

MIYAZAKI—Miyazaki Governor Shunji Kono on Jan. 5 apologized for the actions of prefectural government officials who tried to hide the fact that he made New Year’s visits to shrines while ...

The Anambra State Government has sealed a shrine in the Umuofor village, Okija, Ihiala Local Government Area, following multiple complaints from residents.The shrine, allegedly run by a self ...

One of the things I love about Miyazaki is that you can move through his movies as your children get older. Castle in the Sky is good for my 6-year-old and 9-year-old, and so is Princess Mononoke ...

In a rare interview Hayao Miyazaki, the Japanese animator behind Spirited Away, tells Robbie Collin why he 'bet everything' on his final Studio Ghibli film, The Wind Rises ...

The shrine structures themselves are often of architectural interest and many are located on sites of great natural beauty, often selected based on principles of geomancy. The most ancient of shrines ...