Even a ferocious dragon on the ceiling fell prey to the ravages of time, with a famed painting peeling off and hanging down over visitors at Sensoji temple in Tokyo on July 8. The picture of a ...

Sensoji, Tokyo’s oldest temple, is a dramatic complex, its large entry gates flanked by two fierce guardians, representing thunder and wind, and a 3.9-metre-tall vermilion lantern – Japan’s ...

The historic shopping street known as Nakamise leads to Sensoji Temple, a popular tourist destination. The street is lined with 87 souvenir shops and restaurants. A project started in 2024 to ...