This temple is one of the most important in Japan, so much so that it was the very first place in the country to be recognized by UNESCO in 1993. One of the most famous temples in Japan ...
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 ...
and pop music A 4,300-year-old Japanese temple has created a female pop group and is employing maids wearing Buddhist-style outfits to attract visitors. The innovation has ignited a mix of ...
However, Buseoksa temple in South Chungcheong province, located in west-central South Korea, claimed that the statue was looted in the 14th century by Japanese “wako” pirates.
Visually-impaired content maker Lucy Edwards travels to Japan to experience the country ... without sight during her visit to a Buddhist temple in Hiroshima known as shukubo or "to sleep alongside ...
the only officially recognized Tibetan temple in Japan. One of the most eye-catching features at the hilltop temple, known as a power spot and considered good fortune for matchmaking, is its ...