Tsubosakadera temple in Takatori, Nara Prefecture, is known as a place where people can come to pray for eye diseases to be ...

Photo: Kyodo Earlier this month, hundreds of people gathered at a Buddhist temple in Tokyo for the annual bean-throwing event called “mame-maki.” This ritual takes place on “setsubun ...

A special exhibition is now running at the Tokyo National Museum until ... for the statue to be seen outside the temple. Also on display are many Buddhist statues and paintings from the Heian ...

The 70km Shimanami Kaido, webbed with fishing harbours, hillside citrus orchards and historic shrines, is often regarded as ...

The Koumano Kodo pilgrimage trail is home to some of Japan's most spiritual sites with temples, shrines and beautiful forests ...

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

MATSUYAMA -- A tea ceremony event using a "mobile tea ceremony room" crafted by carpenters specializing in building Shinto ...

A historic hotel with its own shrine for weddings and a stunning art collection offers a unique insight into Japanese culture ...

On one side of the table sits a Scottish lobster fisherman and an English PE teacher and across from them, two young girls ...

The oldest religious site in Tokyo is also its most visited ... The Senso-ji Temple is dedicated to Asakusa Kannon, the Buddhist god of mercy and happiness. According to legend, two fishermen ...

Buddhist temples and palaces in Japan that is traveling around the world will be held at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on March 2, offering participants the chance to experience traditional Japanese culture.