the Byodo-In Temple is a serene replica of its 950-year-old Japanese namesake in Uji. Built in 1968 to honor Japanese immigrants, the temple reflects peace and harmony, surrounded by koi ponds ...

With this dish, fries are doused in the famous Japanese sauce ... keep an eye out for humpback whales. The Byodo-In Temple. (Photo by Sally French) Continue to the Byodo-In Temple in Kaneohe ...

The city of Kyoto is known as Japan's cultural and spiritual capital. It's for good reason: Kyoto has hundreds of Buddhist ...

Refuting perceptions of roadblocks to bring back the mortal remains held in an urn in a Buddhist temple in Renkoji in Japan, widely believed to be that of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, a section of ...

Japan's annual ritual of "mame-maki," or bean-throwing, at Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and homes sees people marking "setsubun," the last day of the winter in the Japanese lunar calendar.

SANBAGAWA, Gunma Prefecture--Benmou Suzuki’s dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest near a tiny Japanese mountain village, hardly looks like prized real estate. Yet the monk ...

Ayodhya: In a significant development, the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has revised the darshan and Aarti timings at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. The decision was taken in response to ...

At her funeral, her grieving parents draped her coffin with the garment, which, as was customary, was donated to the temple along with her other personal belongings. A monk later sold the kimono to ...

A 14th-century Buddhist statue that Korea’s Supreme Court ruled should be returned to the Japanese temple that held it before it was smuggled into Korea will be sent to Japan in May. The Gilt ...

Every day, hundreds of people visit Ryoanji Temple to see its Zen rock garden – which is probably the most famous of its kind in Japan. Located in Kyoto's northern outskirts, the temple was ...

This is not your ordinary hotel. Not long ago, this centuries-old temple, resting serenely in Japan’s ancient capital, was showing its age. Its devotees have been growing older and dwindling in ...