As Japan’s population falls and interest ... them from being targeted by dubious buyers. And when big earthquakes hit, often damaging temples and shrines, agency officials visit religious ...

To get a sense of how big the statue truly is ... Note that Todaiji Temple is less strict than other shrines and temples in Japan. Visitors can photograph the Great Buddha Hall, for example.

Due to the saying that people are able to live healthily for a year when they are exposed to the sparks, when the torches ...

In 1941, when the Japanese government was salvaging metal from wherever it could for the looming Pacific War, the nation’s largest Buddhist group readily handed over its temple bells for the ...

Situated on Otowa Mountain in eastern Kyoto, Kiyomizu-dera Temple wows travelers with its stunning natural scenery, which visitors say is best viewed from the verandah off the temple's main building.

Tsubosakadera temple in Takatori, Nara Prefecture, is known as a place where people can come to pray for eye diseases to be cured. Its main object of worship is a statue of the 11-faced ...