Experience the beauty and tradition of Japan's Lantern Festivals with our guide to these breathtaking celebrations of light ...

Experience the beauty and tradition of lantern festivals in Japan with our guide to these breathtaking celebrations of light and community.

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said on Monday more snowfall is expected in Niigata, Ishikawa and Nagano prefectures, as well as in some western regions including Hiroshima and Shimane ...

Besides nature and monkeys, Nagano is also home to one of Japan’s largest ... History buffs will enjoy touring Zenkoji Temple, home of Japan’s first Buddhist statue or the charming traditional town of ...

The city, known as the cultural capital of Japan, is home to numerous Buddhist temples, the Imperial Palace, Shinto shrines, traditional wooden houses and meticulously kept gardens – all make ...

Come to Nagano! In this stunning pocket of Japan, your days are spent under the spell of majestic ... During the Nara Period (710-784), Buddhist monks set up "fuseya," or "free houses," to shelter ...

The event also features nearly 100 paper lanterns solemnly illuminating the path to Jissoji temple, an old Buddhist temple accessible from ... Lead to Greater Instability Ishiba Pledges to Boost Japan ...

InsideJapan explains why it’s reducing off-season pricing for good To help ease Japan’s increasing ... rice fields and past temple pagodas in Kurashiki and an overnight stay at a Buddhist pilgrims’ ...

This is how days begin at Dairyuji, an 800-year-old Zen temple—a place of ancient beams, lofty halls, and deep, deep time—in Akita prefecture, in ... three jewels of Buddhism: Buddha, his ...

13 years ago, Anzu Murata's (Mei Nagano) family fell apart when her ... a 10-billion-yen plot of land next to a Buddhist temple. Can they pull it off without getting caught?" ...