Historically, Buddhism arrived in Japan in the 6th century and took ... he listens to a YouTube program by a monk based at a temple in Kamakura. As far as his family’s religion, he notes ...

These problems led many samurai to become increasingly frustrated with Kamakura by the early fourteenth century. Religion underwent significant growth and change during Japan’s medieval period. The ...

NAGAOKAKYO, Kyoto Prefecture--An 11-face Kannon Buddhist statue kept at Otokunidera temple here ... from the Kamakura Period (1185-1333) is only the third known example in Japan of an ancient ...

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 ...

Carved into a cliff across the river from the temple ... period, Japanese Buddhist sculptures in stone were often reliefs hewn like this into the face of the rock, but from the Kamakura period ...