NARA--Todaiji temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site, will partially ease COVID-19 restrictions and reopen the Shunie torch-bearing ceremony to the public during the main event from March 1 to 14.

Todaiji Temple is a World Heritage Site. We encounter cats—and also deer—who live at the temple. One cat keeps an eye on his owner's pickle shop. Another cat enjoys listening to flute music.

NARA--An elderly driver who stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake hit a group of tourists on the approach to Todaiji temple in Nara, causing the death of a 62-year-old Taiwanese ...