When you visit Nara, you’re going to feel the sensation of stepping into Japan’s living history. It’s a place where lanterns glow softly under moss and deer roam freely. Not to mention Japan’s largest ...

Nara is a city located in the Kansai region of Japan, near Kyoto and Osaka. It was the first permanent capital of Japan, established in 710 AD, and is known for its rich cultural heritage, ancient ...

An eighth century temple in Japan has been vandalized by a Canadian teen tourist, according to local police. The monument in question is the Toshodaiji Temple, located in the city of Nara, which lies ...

IKARUGA, Nara >> In the ancient town of Ikaruga in Nara prefecture, visitors can easily immerse themselves in Buddhist tradition by hopping from temple to temple — on a buggy. The two-hour tour ...

This serene Buddhist figure in a Nara temple is traditionally identified as the bodhisattva Kokūzō, but could this be a case of mistaken identity? Hōrinji is a temple cloaked in legend, located in the ...

Kinkaku-ji is one of the shrines in Japan, also known as the Golden Pavilion. (Photo: Klook SG) In Japan, the two main religions are Shinto and Buddhism as most Japanese consider themselves Buddhist, ...

NARA, Japan — There are thousands of Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines around Japan. They connect people to the country's religion, history and culture. But, there's a spot in Japan where the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Elizabeth Zach, Special To The Washington Post For nearly two decades, I have eagerly collected Japanese tea and sake sets, woodblock prints and geisha ...

NARA, Japan -- Tours are canceled. Restaurants are empty. And centuries-old temples are quieter than usual in the ancient capital city of Japan, hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. All of Nara is ...

There has been a series of incidents in which pillars, gates and other property at six locations including temples and shrines across Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara and Okinawa prefectures in Japan have been ...