Fukui Prefecture is home to around 80% of Japan’s ... Under the Shinto-Buddhism Separation Order of the early Meiji period (1868–1912), Heisenji was rebranded as Hakusan Shrine, and all ...

During other seasons, Japanese flock to Buddhist Bon dances and Shinto-related festivals involving “mikoshi,” or portable shrines. “In Japan, faith is not considered an important element of ...

Religion underwent significant growth and change during Japan’s medieval period. The major Buddhist temples and Shintō shrines controlled estates in the provinces. In earlier times, they relied on the ...

High up in the Japanese Alps ... is the Manpuku-an Eishoji Buddhist temple just up the hill with a giant bell poised to be struck by a bamboo stick and an interior shrine with silvery silk ...

NARA—The Nara National Museum has unveiled the details of its first full-scale exhibition devoted to national treasures, which will bring together Japan’s finest works of Buddhist art next ...