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Time, combined with modern technology, has ultimately put physical distance to shame and rendered it almost insignificant. Psychological distance between different peoples is gradually being subjected to the same fate

It's one thing to look at incomprehensible kanji and try to memorize their arbitrarily assigned sounds and meanings, it's quite another to be given a brush and an inkpot, and to be shown how to apply the brush to a piece of high-quality paper.

Half-a-soccer-pitch long (41 meters) and taller than many multistoried buildings (11 meters), the statue dominates the area, absolutely dwarfs everything and everybody in sight

To do it full justice, one has to be there because words don't even begin to describe the sensation. Pictures might try - and fail…

The story of the town can best be told as a love story featuring a young woman who stumbled upon an old student dormitory and loved it so much that she purchased it and moved in from a big city.

Immanuel Kant believed that “we can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals”

A place like that must significantly enhance one's spiritual experience - in particular, considering the gate that actually flirts with water.

The shrine is among the most important and popular in Japan, and it owes its significance to its divine patron. Inari is a Shinto god of rice, a synonym of “wealth” and “prosperity” for Japan

They mark an entrance to a shrine, and every Japanese knows that, once through them, there will be peace, quiet and beauty of all kinds