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

Priests at ancient Enryakuji temple ... was concealed inside a wooden statute of Goho Doji, a deity in the form of a child that is said to obey high priests in protecting Buddhist teachings.

This figure, a national treasure, is housed in the Nara Prefecture temple ... (Japanese cypress) using the yosegi technique, in which multiple pieces of wood are joined together. The dramatic tilting ...

On this episode of Journeys in Japan, American architect James Lambiasi visits a hot spring resort where the main street is lined with hotels built from timber; an ancient Buddhist temple where ...