In Japan, the simple act of walking has long been connected to working toward enlightenment.

The iconic Japanese dolls range from a couple of inches to several feet in height, and there are thousands of them at the 1,300-year-old temple, located about an hour from downtown Osaka in Minoh ...

Take a visual journey into Japan’s most awe-inspiring locations, where natural beauty meets rich cultural heritage. From the iconic peaks of Mount Fuji to the peaceful temples of Kyoto, Japan offers a ...

The origins of today’s Japanese gardens lie in the Zen gardens of Japanese Buddhist temples from the 13th century onwards. These weren’t pleasure gardens or flower gardens, but meditative ...

A weeping cherry tree said to be more than 400 years old is blooming at a temple in Fukui Prefecture along the Sea of Japan. The tree at Kogyoji temple in Eiheiji Town is about nine meters tall ...

This underrated city was once the capital of Japan in the Middle Ages and is now a beautiful, tourist-friendly hub with ...

Maul - Shadow Lord will be based around a year after the events of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and is being speculated to be ...

Seamless paper screens. Forest lights. Temple-inspired chairs. Purist bathtubs. A micro-house. Rippling tatami wall panels. And a washi-wrapped church interior. The presence of Japanese design was ...

KYOTO--Monks at Chion-in temple in Higashiyama Ward here did a ... It is regarded as one of Japan’s three most distinguished hanging bells. On New Year’s Eve, the monks will start striking ...

Situated on Otowa Mountain in eastern Kyoto, Kiyomizu-dera Temple wows travelers with its stunning natural scenery, which visitors say is best viewed from the verandah off the temple's main building.

A weeping cherry tree, which is said to be 600 years old, is blooming at a temple northwest of Tokyo. There are about 30 weeping trees at the Seiunji temple in the city of Chichibu, Saitama ...