A $1 rice ball works out at 78p for us Brits. God bless the exchange rate. People will, however, spend money on sushi, like ...

Discover 5 best day trips from Osaka during Expo 2025—from Nara’s temples to Kobe’s cuisine—Agoda’s picks offer culture, ...

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.

But if we examine history, most areas in Japan have records chronicling the ... and it enables us to understand details such as a temple-parishioner’s family members, the wife’s place of ...

Though the site was not named as a temple until the Meiji period, it is now the central temple complex among the mountain's 117 temples. It is said that the site was originally built under a different ...

A large temple near Kongobuji. The visitor’s lodging is decorated with fusuma images and furnishings that have a long history. Elevators, parking lots, and large baths are provided allowing you to ...

Meteorological Office staff announced that five to six or more flowers had bloomed on the specimen tree in the grounds of Kimiidera temple in Wakayama, at about 10 ... 40 years during a temporary ...

Even before the Osaka-Kansai Expo formally opens on April 13, the host region will open its own Kansai Pavilion just outside the Expo ground’s Grand Ring on April 9. Displaying the region’s rich ...

As a candidate of the Democratic Party of Japan representing the Wakayama No. 1 district, Kishimoto gained his first Diet seat in the election, which also saw the DPJ take power from the Liberal ...