It was to Esoteric Buddhism, known in Japan as Shingon Buddhism, that he wanted to dedicate Koyasan’s mountain fastness. At the same time, even Buddhists respected Shinto gods, making it natural to ...

FUKUYAMA, Hiroshima Prefecture--The hollowed out head of an ancient Buddhist statue kept at the Myooin temple here revealed sheet after sheet of “washi” traditional paper adorned with images ...

Christians in the country view pastors’ benedictions as powerful spiritual mantras.

The Tayama Hana Odori is held to pray for rain in Minamiyamashiro, a major Uji tea producer. The village is facing depopulation, and this festival brings long-time locals and newcomers together.

The 15th edition of Asia Week New York which concluded its nine- day run on March 22nd rang up $100,870,195M in combined sales between the twenty-one galleries and five auction houses.

Sinhalese venerated these shrines throughout history. Sinhalese believe in 330 million gods and goddesses guarding the nation. Even today within Buddhist shrines there are four “Hindu” kovils. That is ...