Once we were in Wakayama Prefecture ... At Kongobuji, with its rock garden (the largest in Japan), I wasn’t even sure if the temple was living or dead, so all pervasive was the air of a museum.

Legend has it that this temple got its start during the reign of Emperor Nintoku, when an stranded Indian priest found a Kannon Bosatsu statue in the waters of Nachi Falls, placing the statue here. Up ...

Before Starting!! Right in the middle of Tokyo, Japan you will find what just might be Tokyo's Coolest Shrine. The only ...

In Japan, the simple act of walking has long been connected to working toward enlightenment.

Pure white "ginryoso" flowers, or Monotropastrum humile, bloom among fallen leaves at Oomiwa Jinja shrine in Sakurai, Nara ...

Situated on Otowa Mountain in eastern Kyoto, Kiyomizu-dera Temple wows travelers with its stunning natural scenery, which visitors say is best viewed from the verandah off the temple's main building.

In the town of Kushimoto in Wakayama Prefecture, the southernmost part of Honshu, the flowers of Japanese radish that grow wild on the seaside bloom, giving a full-fledged sense of spring.

Every day, hundreds of people visit Ryoanji Temple to see its Zen rock garden – which is probably the most famous of its kind in Japan. Located in Kyoto's northern outskirts, the temple was ...

Kobo Daishi, or Kukai, founded Mount Koya around 1200 years ago in 816. He went into eternal meditation (nyujo) 29 years later, retaining his lotus position, at the current mausoleum in the innermost ...

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