Meet the mistress of Nara’s last geisha house — a remarkable woman who’s on a mission to keep this complex tradition alive in ...

Dedicated to the Japanese god of battle, Bishamon, the temple was built in the 9th century to commemorate a victory of the Yamato people over the indigenous Emishi tribes. The five-story pagoda of ...

The pagoda is about 50 meters tall, making it the second-tallest wooden pagoda in Japan after the one at Toji temple in Kyoto. It was originally built in 730 by order of Empress Komyo, and has ...

The pagoda at Cishou Temple at Balizhuang (Eight Li Village) in Beijing's western suburbs was originally named Yong'anwanshou Pagoda (Pagoda of Lasting Peace and Longevity). Later it was called ...

For example, in the eastern part of the forest a tomb pagoda built in 1339 in the Yuan Dynasty bears an epitaph written by a Japanese monk at Shaolin Temple, which is of elegant language and ...

It's early in winter at Oka-dera temple in Asuka Village. The three-storied pagoda, reconstructed in the Showa period, is now wrapped up in maple leaves. Bright sun rays clearly emphasize the ...

Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK ... Zuishin-in temple in Yamashina Ward; Toji temple’s five-story pagoda in Minami Ward; and Iwashimizu Hachimangu shrine in Hachiman also in Kyoto Prefecture.