The island of Itsukushima, in the Seto inland sea, has been a holy place of Shintoism since the earliest times. The first shrine buildings here were probably erected in the 6th century. The present ...

I’m red-faced. All this time, I had assumed that Aki-no-Miyajima meant that the best season to visit Miyajima is in the autumn, with the mountain foliage turning colorful hues of red, orange and ...

World leaders visited the Itsukushima shrine in Hiroshima as they gathered for the G7 summit in Japan on Friday, 19 May. Itsukushima shrine on Miyajima island is well known for its iconic “floating” ...

The Japanese government has implemented a tourism tax at the Itsukushima Shrine in the town of Hatsukaichi in the Hiroshima prefecture to protect it from overtourism. The Itsukushima Shinto shrine is ...

It’s been three years since our reporter Mari Morimoto has been on an airplane, and more than 10 years since she’s visited the Chugoku region of Japan. So when she found herself in Hiroshima for ...

Photos of a massive red shrine gate that appears to be floating in the sea is one of the most iconic images of Japan. The gate is the great torii of Itsukushima Shrine on the small island in the Seto ...

Japan’s popular Itsukushima Shrine has now become slightly more expensive to visit. The bright-orange torii gate that appears to float in a lake is one of the country’s most beautiful and recognizable ...

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Photos of Group of Seven leaders sitting on a guardrail at the Itsukushima Shrine, during the recent G-7 summit in the Japanese city of Hiroshima, drew widespread criticism online. One of the viral ...

This page looks at the dramatic 'floating' torii (gate) of Itsukushima. The main building of Itsukushima shrine, in the town of Miyajima on Itsukushima Island, Hiroshima Prefecture, is believed to ...