Itaru Sekiguchi first heard the Great Organ of the Paris Notre Dame cathedral when he was 10. The "infernal sound" changed ...

128 m (420 ft): The tallest Buddha statue, located in Henan Province, features a serene figure of Vairocana Buddha on a lotus ...

We are discussing the Matsugaoka Tokei-ji temple in Japan. Another name for it is the divorce temple. The temple has hundreds of years of history. It is stated that only men were allowed to divorce ...

On Oct. 16 the delegation traveled to Nara, Japan’s former capital and a cultural heritage site. It features the Tōdai-ji Buddhist temple, with a golden 49-foot-tall Nara Daibutsu or Great ...

you will find a hint of patina like a historic library or an ancient Japanese temple. When we made Hibiki 35, the antique character was yet to emerge.” In 1984, right after graduating from ...

I will be taking a day excursion from Tokyo down to Kamakura on my upcoming trip to see the temples and shrines ... then I followed the Diabutsu hiking course from Jochi-ji to the Daibutsu via ...

I know of several pilgrimage routes that feature temples or shrines, but I've noticed that they are often also easily accessible via car park or other transportation. Are there any remote temples or ...

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Japan will designate Buddhist Manpuku-ji Temple in Kyoto as a national treasure, and six other structures as important cultural properties. A meeting at the Agency for Cultural Affairs reached the ...

Want to learn Japanese by playing video games and watching anime? A band of YouTubers — with the help of modern tools — has made learning one of the world’s most challenging languages into a ...

The tourism sun is shining bright over Japan as visitor numbers and revenues reach an all-time high in 2024. The challenge: sustaining the growth through 2025. Japan's foreign visitor spending ...

Discover the magic of Wakayama’s Okunoin Temple with a captivating night tour through the ... no Hi (Day of the Great Teacher), a time when various events are held across Japan to honor Kobo Daishi.