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 ...

The oldest religious site in Tokyo is also its most visited. The Senso-ji Temple sees about 30 million annual visitors and its inception dates all the way back to year 628. Despite its claim to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...