There are many temples to check out across Japan. But which one do you go to if you’re in Tokyo and don’t want to spend too much time traveling to find one? If you’re looking for ...

Visitors to Tokyo's Sensoji Temple were left in shock as an iconic dragon painting on the ceiling of the main hall peeled off and was left hanging above their heads. The incident happened at about 11 ...

Tokyo's oldest Buddhist temple lost a lawsuit Friday arguing that the city shouldn't have approved construction of a skyscraper by Mitsubishi Estate Co. Judge Yutaka Kawakami of the Tokyo District ...

Asakusa's Sensoji Temple is packed with well-wishers on any day, but more so for hatsumode on New Year's Day. Hatsumode is the act of visiting a shrine or temple during the first days of the new year ...

People are seen on Nakamise shopping street, which has been decorated for the New Year, in Tokyo's Taito Ward, on Dec. 30, 2016. (Mainichi) Sensoji Temple, one of Tokyo's most iconic tourist ...

An Asakusa landmark, the Kaminarimon gate leading to the famous Sensoji Temple had a makeover on Friday April 17. The iconic gate received a new red lantern from a manufacturer in Kyoto. Usually ...

People go to Senso-ji temple for Hatsumode, or their first temple visit of the year, at Senso-ji Temple in Asakusa area, Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi) People go to Senso-ji temple for ...

Sensoji temple in Tokyo’s Asakusa district is one of the top tourist sites in the country, drawing thousands of tourists to the area every year. If you’ve ever visited Sensoji, chances are you’ve ...

Editor’s note: The theme of Inclusive Tokyo is to explore the metropolis from the viewpoint of wheelchair users and people with disabilities. Tourism officials, with their sights set on the 2020 ...

Even a ferocious dragon on the ceiling fell prey to the ravages of time, with a famed painting peeling off and hanging down over visitors at Sensoji temple in Tokyo on July 8. The picture of a dragon, ...