A consortium of 10 Buddhist temples in northern Kyoto Prefecture, together with a nonprofit organization, launched a website ...

Japanese gardens provide a peaceful escape from the rushed city life, making it an ideal place for meditative walks ...

For 16 generations, master gardeners in this one family have dedicated their lives to preserving one of the nation's most ...

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

The oldest religious site in Tokyo is also its most visited. The Senso-ji Temple sees about 30 million annual visitors and its inception dates all the way back to year 628. Despite its claim to ...

The former imperial capital is both the symbol of Japan's temples and geishas and of globalized overtourism. And yet, blocks ...

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 ...

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 ...