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Cats have a habit of hanging out wherever they want to, but at this shrine felines are honored guests.
Shrines are cooling off from the summer heat by taking the art of flower arrangement to a whole new level.
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Nagasaki priest says over-tourism, vandalism and theft of amulets led to his controversial decision.
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Ema supporting ongoing Hong Kong protests have been crossed out, snapped into pieces, and written over in Chinese.
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Spokesmen say this week’s ceremony, and another scheduled for October, violate the principal of separation of church and state.
While out for a stroll in Ginza, he found a portal that seemed to take him not just to another place, but another time…twice.
Sometimes it’s not how much you steal, but where you steal it from that really gets you in trouble.
Torii gates always have an elegant allure, but none quite like this shrine’s.
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