Katana was gifted to shrine by samurai lord two centuries ago, but has been missing for decades.
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Special religious ceremony adds the essence of Japanese love deities to chain’s heart-shaped pizzas.
We set out to dispel rumours about the shrine’s mysterious power…but it ends up biting us in the butt.
Before you hop on the train out of Fukuoka’s Hakata Station, visit the kids of good fortune in their shrine in the sky.
We get to enter a holy land that’s been protected since ancient times, and it reminds us of the world of Princess Mononoke.
Just a half-hour outside downtown Tokyo, legends say that if you enter this thicket, you’ll be spirited away and never return.
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