NARA--CT scans revealed a miniature Monju-bosatsu-kishizo statue hidden inside a 14th century ... important cultural property of Japan and kept at Daichiji temple in Kizugawa, Kyoto Prefecture.

With just one month remaining in 2024, a Buddhist temple near Tokyo is preparing a gigantic straw rope decoration for the New Year. At Naritasan Shinsho-ji temple in Chiba Prefecture, about 10 ...

Tri, 42, who heads the Vietnamese Buddhist Association in Japan, has been based in the temple since spring ... He had to take a shower outside. Inside the container, he had to endure freezing ...

Buddhism has long been something ... Instead, the temple has opened a front window so people can see the face of the Great Buddha inside. The temple has started an unprecedented 24-hour live ...

For a particularly unique experience, visitors can even step inside the statue ... Hōryū-ji Temple is one of the oldest ...

A man whose job it is to help preserve Japan's cultural heritage has accidentally smashed his car into the country's oldest toilet at a centuries-old Buddhist temple. The communal loo at Tofukuji ...

The clock, stored in a Buddhist temple, was submerged by the tsunami on Japan's north-eastern coast ... or that dust that had built up inside came loose." Mr Sakano, whose temple served as a ...