Minamiyamashiro, in the very south of Kyoto Pref., was once an important transportation hub, and many Buddhist temples were built to spiritually watch over this secluded region. Around the 15th ...

One set of documents concerns Tokyo’s Zojoji temple, the head temple of the Jodo Sect of Buddhism ... the history of cultural exchanges between Japan and China as well as for learning about ...

If the 251 sq m house looked more like a Buddhist temple than a farmhouse, it is because it was built by a temple architect in 1989. Mr Thursfield and his Japanese-born wife, Ms Chihiro ...

Streets, shops, houses and temples are decorated with flowers. Children wear flower decorations and traditional Japanese clothing. Models of the Buddha surrounded with flowers sit in Buddhist temples.

Buddhism has long been something that people ... Such messages are not only delivered online. Temples in Japan usually have bulletin boards around their gates, not only to announce the dates ...

The temple is also an important Buddhist pilgrimage site. Located in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park, Meiji-Jingu is one of Japan's most ...

UJI, Kyoto Prefecture--A spectacular sight awaits visitors to a Buddhist temple here founded by a Chinese monk in the early 17th century as Japan and China mark the 50th anniversary of their ...

A man whose job it is to help preserve Japan's cultural heritage has accidentally smashed his car into the country's oldest toilet at a centuries-old Buddhist temple. The communal loo at Tofukuji ...

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