Note: Kobo Daishi is the posthumous name of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835).

The town of Matsuyama, on the island of Shikoku, is a gem for the adventurous traveler. It hosts one of Japan's most ...

Discover the truth behind the world's strangest architectural mysteries, from the underground city of Derinkuyu and the ...

Katsuo-ji offers visitors two different types of Darumas: the Kachi-Daruma, the classic doll known as “the winning Daruma” ...

along with senior officials from the Japan Tourism Agency and the Japanese Embassy, visited the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya, reinforcing the spiritual and cultural ties between Japan and India.

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 ...