Pilgrimages have been part of Japanese culture for over a thousand years. The UNESCO-listed Kumano Kodo is legendary among ...

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The Fascinating History of Sushi in Japan Sushi, a dish that has become synonymous with Japanese cuisine, has a rich and ...

After discovering ultrarunning while working as an auto engineer in Germany, Wataru Iino dreamed up the running adventure of ...

Thousands of tourists, pagans, druids and people simply yearning for the promise of spring marked the dawn of the shortest day of the year Saturday at the ancient Stonehenge monument. Revelers cheered ...

Spacecraft from NASA and other organizations captured rich imagery of our solar system in 2024, including views of Mars, Io, ...

A 1,200-year-old ancient capital in Japan is having an astonishing revival and being rebuilt after lost remnants were found in rice paddy fields. The stunning Daigokuden Hall of Heijo Palace ...

I eventually switched to a backpack — which distributes that weight more evenly across my body — and never looked back. Since then, I've been on a quest to find the best backpacks for work.

Researchers have deciphered a mysterious inscription hidden within an ancient amulet, uncovering fascinating new insights into the early history of Christianity. The small, silver amulet was ...

Archaeologists have discovered an inscribed silver amulet that one theologian now says may rewrite the history of Christianity north of the Alps mountain range. The inscribed amulet was found ...

The idea of linking Sicily to the Italian mainland dates back to ancient Rome, when Consul Metellus supposedly connected barrels and boats to transport war elephants across the strait in 252 BCE.