The skies over Shimane are always dramatic, almost supernaturally so. It’s befitting an area that’s known as “Land of the ...

If you pray for love in Izumo, there's a good chance you'll be heard. Every year, eight million gods gather in this seaside ...

Shimane Prefecture draws visitors to Izumo Taisha, a shrine where Shinto deities gather to determine future connections.

Make sure to change trains at Kawato station, then alight at Izumo Taisha-Mae. Get a fresh start in the merchant district One of the deities venerated at Umi Shrine is Kotosakano’o-no-Mikoto, who ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Archdiocesan Shrine of Mary, Queen of Peace (EDSA Shrine), Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Loreto and the Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Aranzazu have been elevated ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Edsa Shrine, a historic landmark built in remembrance of the bloodless 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution that toppled the Marcos dictatorship, has been elevated to a ...

Beginning on March 5, the first day of Lent, and running through Easter Sunday, April 20, the Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C., will host an exhibit called “‘Lord ...

Operatives of the newly launched security outfit, Agunechemba, have allegedly uncovered 30 graves and a shrine within the premises of a popular hotel in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of ...

The Maritime Self-Defense Force is upgrading its Izumo and Kaga destroyers into de facto aircraft carriers, equipping them to operate the F-35B stealth fighter, which features short takeoff and ...