Carpenters wielding traditional tools like the chona (hand plane) and nomi (chisel) sculpt wood with such precision that it's ...

KYOTO--“Fusuma-e” sliding door paintings of clouds ... to expel Buddhism from Japan following the Meiji Restoration of 1868. When Hosokawa, 85, visited the temple in 2013 and saw the ...

Immerse yourself in Japanese history and art while exploring some of the ... and transported to Kamakura in 1924. The perfect temple for avid hikers, Daigo-ji is made up of three different ...

A 16 th century bronze bell rang 108 times on Sunday during a celebration of the Japanese New Year at San Francisco’s Asian ...

IKARUGA, Nara Prefecture—Japan’s oldest Buddhist paintings moved a step forward to their first public display since they were badly damaged in a 1949 fire at Horyuji temple here. But it could ...