Combat overtourism in other parts of Japan by visiting this central region. Here’s everything you should know before your ...

KYOTO--One stone statue of an enlightened Buddhist person here cradles a cat in its arms while another holds a book inscribed ...

Combat overtourism in other parts of Japan by visiting this central region. Here’s everything you should know before your ...

one of the largest sects of Buddhism in Japan. While Javellana-Hirano's position in the temple appears as a station of leadership in her religious community, she does not see it that way.

Korea’s neighbor Japan is also no stranger to treating Christmas as a ... and it’s none other than the Jogye Order, the ...

“Zen” as an adjective is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as “peaceful and calm.” The word comes from a Japanese Buddhist ...

This series was co-written by Kaitlyn Ugoretz, scholar of Japanese religion and new media.

(The Conversation) — Dec. 8 marks the celebration of Bodhi Day in Japanese Buddhism. Bodhi means enlightenment or awakening in Sanskrit. It commemorates the enlightenment of Siddhartha Gautama ...

Located in the Kusadocho district, the temple belongs to the Shingon sect of Buddhism. The statue is venerated at a five-storied pagoda erected in 1348 during the period known as the Northern and ...

On Nov. 19 (local time), a delegation from the Jogye Order, Korea’s largest Buddhist sect, finalized an agreement with the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago to repatriate ...