Temples and shrines offer travelers the opportunity to experience local culture in a peaceful atmosphere filled with ...

Beneath the serene surface of Kyoto’s temples and shrines lies a deeper story of intentional city planning rooted in ancient philosophies. Designed in the Heian period, the city’s grid layout wasn ...

Nara Japan offers beauty, history and deer encounters, and is especially gorgeous during cherry blossom season.

Japan has more than 80,000 Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines, including top attractions like Tokyo’s grand Senso-ji, Kyoto’s sublime Kiyomizu-dera, and Osaka’s majestic Shitenno-ji.

Dozens of temple members and local residents standing by the roadside applauded to welcome the statue as a truck carrying a wooden container with it arrived at Kannonji, a temple on Japan’s ...

TOKYO (AP) — A 14th century Korean Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago was returned on Monday, following a yearslong legal battle between Japan and South Korea over ...