One of the world’s most populous cities, Tokyo brings together many of the elements that make Japan so popular with travelers ...

In 2023, South Korea's Supreme Court ordered Buseok Temple in Seosan, 98 kilometers southwest of Seoul, to return the 50.5-centimeter-tall statue, stolen by South Koreans from the Japanese temple.

One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835), posthumously called Kobo Daishi, at Imayama Daishi temple ...

Every day, hundreds of people visit Ryoanji Temple to see its Zen rock garden – which is probably the most famous of its kind in Japan. Located in Kyoto's northern outskirts, the temple was ...

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 ...

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 ...