When American businessman Brian Heywood decided to build a home in Kamakura, he wondered if he could also save some old ...

After Japan’s Prime Minister responded to questions around Assassin’s Creed: Shadows and the risk of copycat "defacing" of ...

“We are relieved that the damage is repairable,” said Keishu Nagai, head of the temple's treasure house management office ... at a Zen Buddhist temple in Japan. The tosu is nicknamed ...

Earthquake-proof joinery, 10-micrometre-thin wood shavings and a scale model of Kyoto's Sa-an Teahouse are on display at Japan House London as part of The Craft of Carpentry exhibition. Opening today, ...

Tsubosakadera temple in Takatori, Nara Prefecture, is known as a place where people can come to pray for eye diseases to be cured. Its main object of worship is a statue of the 11-faced ...

While there are many ways to practice mindfulness alone, in Japan, the home of zazen, you can take the opportunity to learn from a master in Buddhist temples such as Tokyo's Ryuunji Temple.