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March marks the transition into spring, bringing warmer days and a host of seasonal events. From plum and cherry blossom ...

Known as the cultural capital of Japan, the city is home to numerous Buddhist temples, the Imperial Palace, Shinto shrines, traditional wooden houses and meticulously kept gardens ...

Takatori, you will see many eye-related things: ema votive tablets with a large “me” (eye) hiragana character written on each one, and the Megane Kuyo Kannon (Buddhist deity of ... now Tokyo, since ...

Ubisoft is under fire for its representation of the Itate Hyozu Shrine in "Assassin's Creed Shadows," with officials from the shrine confirming they are acting on it. Rumors that Japan's Association ...

The Itate Hyozu Shrine in Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture is taking action over Ubisoft’s usage of the religious site in the upcoming Assassins Creed Shadows, it’s been confirmed. On the other hand, rumors ...

Prior to that, Okinawa was known as the Kingdom of the Ryukyus, an independent country that paid tribute to both Imperial China and Satsuma, a domain in medieval Japan. Ever since the Japanese ...

Kovils were set up on Buddhist structures. Hindu kovils have been built over many of the Buddhist shrines, said Medhananda.There was a historical precedent for this. Ama Wanniarachchi reported in 2022 ...

In addition to ruins, Buddhist place of worship were also attacked and vandalized, Shrine room at Mankulam had been vandalized on or around August 31 2016. It was erected by the army in its camp at ...