Culture Welcome the New Year at Ise Jingu Dan Traylor After the countdown, make way for hatsumode — the first shrine visit of the new year — at the Ise Grand Shrine
Activities Azuchi Momoyama Theme Park Chris Glenn Samurai Period Theme Park, Azuchi Momoyama Bunka Mura!
Food Akafuku at Okage Yokocho Chris Glenn Traditional Japanese sweets from the ancient Akafuku store, surrounded by traditional houses, shops and street-side stalls that..
Activities Meoto-Iwa and Futami Okitama Shrine Camille Dufour-Blain Although Ise is mainly famous for Ise Jingu, it is also a very nice coastal city with other great sights to see like the Meoto..
Ise Jingu, Naiku Tomoko Kamishima Ise Jingu's Naiku enshrines the God of the Sun. It is the ancestor God of the Emperor, and the ancestor God of all Japanese!
8 Culture The Holy Shinto Shrine Ise Jingu Masato Kitamura Ise Jingu in Ise City is the most sacred Shinto shrine in Japan. Last year (2013) the famous Shikinen Sengu ceremony was held again,..
Accommodation Umi no Cho Justin Dart A wonderful resort onsen hotel overlooking the ocean featuring a private beach, bars, game room, and more
Culture The Sacred Rocks of Meoto Iwa Chris Glenn South of Ise, just offshore from the village of Futamigaura, are the two symbolic and sacred rocks known as the Meoto Iwa, or "husband..