As Christmas approaches, children in many parts of the world look forward to a visit from the potbellied Santa Claus, who ...

KYOTO--Ninnaji temple is hosting a 3-D virtual reality tour showcasing 33 Buddhist deities, offering visitors ... In addition to Japanese, there are also explanations available in English ...

Belief in imaginary, spiritual dragons arrived from mainland Asia and differs in Shinto and Buddhism. The blue dragon, as water deity, is one of the directional guardians believed to defend the ...

In it, the mother of Jesus is portrayed as the Kannon bodhisattva, a Buddhist deity. Tetsujo Suda ... people and other motifs in the traditional Japanese painting style. She has been a Christian ...

Dr Amanda Foreman discusses how Shinto merged with Buddhism in Japan and makes particular reference ... but the chief deity within Shinto is female. She contrasts this with beliefs about the ...

Daisaku Ikeda, a former leader of Japan's influential Buddhist group Soka Gakkai, has died at the age of 95. Over decades Ikeda expanded the organisation's international following and forged links ...

As a symbol of good fortune, Hotei was included in the set of Seven Lucky Gods, which developed in Japan by the 17th century. Along with Hotei, this set brought together other Buddhist gods ...