Harajuku might be globally typecast as Tokyo’s epicenter of eccentric fashion and viral crepe stands, but just behind the Instagram crowds and streetwear boutiques lies something far older, and much| Japan Web Magazine
Japan’s sacred sites come in two main flavors: Shinto shrines (神社, jinja) and Buddhist temples (お寺, otera). Shrines are built for Shinto, Japan’s indigenous animistic faith that reveres kami (gods| Japan Web Magazine
One of the most famous “Temple Shrines” (temples that also functioned as shrines – it is a long a complicated story about the role of Japan’s two major religions Buddhism an…| Tokyobling's Blog