From Asia to Europe, Africa, US and Canada, a food writer toured the kitchens of Buddhist and Catholic monasteries, a ...

Pilgrimages have been part of Japanese culture for over a thousand years. The UNESCO-listed Kumano Kodo is legendary among hikers, but on Shikoku there’s another sacred trail that remains quiet.

A luxurious suite at a temple lodging facility on Mount Koya, a sacred Buddhist site in western Japan, has been attracting a ...

Though dedicated to different deities, all the sites have ties to the revered monk Kōbō Daishi ... sceptre toward Japan and it landed in Ashizuri. Kongōfukuji (Temple 38) sits at the tip ...

Encompassing nine prefectures, Central Japan entices with mist-shrouded ... Established in the year 717AD by the monk Taicho, the temple blends nature with spirituality. The honden (main hall ...

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

The interior of the Qambalin Tibetan Buddhist temple is seen in ... which some monks took part in, in 2008. Coming to Japan became difficult, and their religious activities have reportedly stopped.

SWAT: Junsei Terasawa, a prominent Buddhist monk from Japan, on Sunday emphasised the profound historical and cultural connections between the ancient region of Gandhara and Japan, particularly in ...