One of the world's most iconic peaks, Mount Fuji rises to conical perfection some 12,388 feet above Japan's Yamanashi and Shizuoka districts. On a clear day the mountain is visible from the streets of ...

In front of the giant torii, the entrance to Japanese Shinto shrines, most visitors are overwhelmed with awe. These enigmatic places of worship seem to conceal the utmost secrets in their interiors.

A rare few events in life are so unforgettable that they can be vividly recalled many years later. For me, that feat was climbing Mount Fuji in Japan in 1967. When I read recently about how the ...

THERE are so many faiths in Japan that it has been aptly called a museum of religions. The main divisions — Shinto, Buddhism, and Christianity — have many subdivisions, and there are also syncretistic ...