Established in 725AD and fostered by the Maeda clan, the temple also displays Japan's largest cliff-carved ... is a surreal landscape designed to challenge perception, with disorientating paths ...

The temple's southwestern location coincides ... in which scenery was reproduced in the "karesansui" (Japanese: "dry landscape garden"). The garden was created by Zen Buddhist monk Soseki Muso ...

SANBAGAWA, Gunma Prefecture--Benmou Suzuki’s dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest near a tiny Japanese mountain village, hardly looks like prized real estate. Yet the monk ...

Japan is famous for combining ancient traditions with futuristic cities, but it also has a surprising side. Scattered across the country are places that look like they belong somewhere else entirely: ...

It's also home to Japan's most iconic cultural city, Kyoto, with its numerous temples, bamboo forests, and traditional tea houses. However, there is another standout destination in Kansai that ...