Benmou Suzuki's dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest near a tiny Japanese mountain village, hardly ...

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Explore the insights of Maria Angela De Giorgi, an Italian missionary in Japan for 39 years, as she discusses the interplay ...

Behind the main hall of Myorakuji temple, located at the foot of Mount Nebiki in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, lies a mysterious ...

Located in Kansai, Nara is considered to be the oldest city in Japan. It was the country's first permanent capital and played ...

Japanese officials burned alive or beheaded 55 missionaries and laypeople alike. The violence coincided with Japan's push to ...

Emerging from the head of the world's tallest bronze Buddha and climbing down to its right ear, two specialist cleaners gave ...

A surge in inbound tourism has boosted the number of vegetarians visiting Japan, but businesses in the country have not been ...

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It’s 20 years since Japan’s most popular pilgrimage route was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list — and its spiritual ...

The Minneapolis Institute of Art will open a Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room, the third of its kind in the U.S. and the only one ...