Japan is not only a land of temples and shrines ... reckons that Japan is now home to more than 200,000 Muslims. A study by Tanada and his colleagues showed there were 113 mosques across ...

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 ...

is one of Japan's historic gems. It is home to the bronze statue of the Great Buddha (Daibutsu), which is also one of the ...

Immerse yourself in Japanese ... replica of this temple on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. For worshippers, Kiyomizu-dera — which translates to "Pure Water Temple" — is the home of Kannon ...