Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo, eagerly stretching their hands to catch the dried ...

Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo, eagerly stretching their hands to catch the dried ...

Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo, eagerly stretching their hands to catch the dried ...

A former temple facility stands in a forested area on Mount Koyasan in Wakayama Prefecture, its exterior walls peeling off and cardboard boxes piled up inside. This was the base of operations for ...

The iconic Maneki Neko, or beckoning cat, is a common good fortune figurine from Japan, that you may have spotted loyally sat ...

Kyoto first became Japan’s capital in the eighth century. With its beautiful temples, philosophical gardens and elegant ...

‘Don’t worry about swimwear, you have to be naked for the Onsen hot spring’. And with that, my ‘off the beaten track’ tour ...

After a random knife assault at a bus stop in front of JR Nagano station on January 22 left one person dead and two injured, Nikkan Gendai (Jan 25) raised the issue of how incidents of this nature ...

TAIPEI--Former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui built deep connections in Japan with not only people ... Lee also visited Ginkakuji temple and the “philosopher’s path” while staying in ...

Atmosphere: Sitting adjacent to Jame Enoteca, the El Segundo branch of this wildly popular sushi/ramen/izakaya has dining inside and out, with a large following among families, and lots of happy kids ...

At her funeral, her grieving parents draped her coffin with the garment, which, as was customary, was donated to the temple along with her other personal belongings. A monk later sold the kimono to ...