While exploring North Dakota, take a break in this secret Japanese garden. Relax in the gorgeous natural scenery while ...

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SANBAGAWA, Gunma Prefecture--Benmou Suzuki’s dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest near a tiny Japanese ... three other Buddhist temples, one Shinto shrine and a church.

Japanese gardens are considered among the most beautiful in the world. Meditation gardens, also known as Zen gardens, were originally designed by Buddhist monks to be natural spaces of retreat for ...

Okamoto Shrine and Ōtaki Shrine, 15 minutes by car from Echizen Takefu station in the Fukui city of Echizen, has attracted attention thanks to scenes of Japanese celebrity Yoshinaga Sayuri ...

There will be a screening of Carving the Divine this evening. The documentary offers a close look at a 1,400-year-old tradition of Japanese Buddhist sculpture and the master-apprentice relationship ...

Japan has many spiritual and ... surrounding the present-day Kanahebisui Shrine, perfect for forging a worthy weapon. Unable to complete his work because of noisy frogs, he crafted a snake to scare ...

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USA, Oita — There are about 40,000 Shinto shrines that are called “Hachimansha” or “Hachimangu” in Japan. These are headed by Usa Jingu shrine in Usa ... ferrying him to a riot in Kyushu when the ...