Divided into the four prefectures of Kagawa, Ehime, Tokushima and Kochi, Shikoku can be reached by air, train, bus or ferry from Japan's major cities. With its 88 temples and sacred sites ...

CNN’s Will Ripley visits the ancient temple complex of Koyasan in the mountains of Wakayama Prefecture and experiences monastic life at Ekoin Temple. FBI identifies New Orleans driver suspected ...

What it’s like to hike Japan’s sacred Kumano Kodo trail - This tranquil walking route that takes in waterfalls, temples and hot springs is the perfect antidote to Japan’s overtourism, as John Kampfner ...

The other way I go about appreciating a place is to go deep--to visit the area’s most sacred or spiritual ... "Lisa’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Japan," which depicts various sites of ...

In hotspots like Kyoto you sometimes have to queue for the queues, but escaping the country’s overtourism problem couldn’t be simpler ...

Unwrap the mystery of Japan’s spirituality at Unesco World Heritage site Kumano Kodo ... mountains under the tutelage of the messenger, a sacred three-legged crow named the Yatagarasu.

Driving along the Iseji, one of the seven Kumano Kodo routes, I saw a roadside sign that read “Hana-no-Iwaya--World Heritage Site--The Oldest Sacred Place in Japan.” I wasn’t sure about the ...

Those more interested in experiencing Japan’s spiritual side may wish to hike along the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage routes. Named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004, Kumano Kodo takes travelers on ...

A luxurious suite at a temple lodging facility on Mount Koya, a sacred Buddhist site in western Japan, has been attracting a ...

People say it carries the voice of the deities, which seemed appropriate as we were on the Kumano Kodo, Japan’s ancient ... The Kumano Kodo, a sacred route for over 1,000 years, is an antidote ...