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

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 ...

Omachi City in Nagano Prefecture reported damage from the magnitude 5 earthquake that hit the northern part of the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. A centuries-old tradition ended in 2024 due to Japan's aging population and decline in birth rates. The Somin-sai was one of the three major Hadaka Matsuri ...

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 ...

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 ...