This luxurious city hotel opposite Nijo Castle captures the essence of Kyoto through restorative stays and private tours ...

As far as Shinto shrines go (there are about 400 in Kyoto), this one is pretty special ... the close to 10,000 red and orange lacquered torii gates that line the 2 ½-mile-long path up Mount ...

As far as Shinto shrines go (there are about 400 in Kyoto), this one is pretty special ... the close to 10,000 red and orange lacquered torii gates that line the 2 ½-mile-long path up Mount ...

Mitaki-dera Temple is an 8th century Buddhist temple nestled in the ... Probably the number one reason people visit Miyajima ...

That made this 40-or-so-year-old Mitsubishi Minicab at the Ryozen Kannon Temple in Kyoto especially interesting. Murilee Martin This Buddhist temple was established in 1955 as a memorial to all ...

“Like a little meditation?” I venture. “Exactly,” he replies, emphatically, validating our shared moment of mindfulness.

Steve Lee Hayes carved letters onto a pillar of a gate of a shrine in Shibuya and was arrested on suspicion of property ...

KYOTO--Inspired by a priest’s belief that Buddhist practices should evolve, the bodhisattva of compassion and mercy has manifested himself as a robot at a temple here. The android edition of ...

A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly carving letters into a torii gate at a Tokyo shrine.

Steven Lee Hayes, 65, is accused of carving his family's name into the gate of a famed Tokyo shrine, say police ...

The Hasanamba Temple in Karnataka, India, opens its doors only once a year during Diwali. This mysterious temple is believed to house a deity whose presence is evidenced by the miraculously ...