A former temple facility stands in a forested area on Mount Koyasan in Wakayama Prefecture, its exterior walls peeling off and cardboard boxes piled up inside. This was the base of operations for ...

Katsuo-ji offers visitors two different types of Darumas: the Kachi-Daruma, the classic doll known as “the winning Daruma” ...

Y esterday evening, among cherry blossom trees, Dior’s Creative Director Maria Grazia Chiuri showed her Pre-Fall 2025 ...

“According to Zen Buddhism, the answers are already inside you ... with good luck and longevity in Japan. Katsuo-ji isn’t the only “Daruma temple” in Japan. In nearby Kyoto, Hōrin ...