Nagoya is Japan’s fourth largest city, best known for its industrial prowess. During the pre-industrial Tokugawa Period (1603-1868), Nagoya was a strategic castle town and a major crossroads of ...

NAGOYA--Mega-size swords are part of the permanent display of treasure swords being held here at Atsuta Jingu shrine, in the city's Atsuta Ward.

Shinto priests dust off the main hall of Atsuta Jingu shrine using bamboo grass in an annual cleanup ritual ahead of the new year in Nagoya's Atsuta Ward on Dec. 25, 2022.