Tsubosakadera temple in Takatori, Nara Prefecture, is known as a place where people can come to pray for eye diseases to be cured. Its main object of worship is a statue of the 11-faced ...

The temple head recalled he could not answer a call of nature there out of his deference to Buddhism. “I thought Japan would lose in the war, because bells that should ring out to make people ...

Note that Todaiji Temple is less strict than other shrines and temples in Japan. Visitors can photograph the Great Buddha Hall, for example. However, it's still an active place of worship ...

According to The Sankei Shimbun, this building was one of the largest of its kind in the country of Japan. The remains were found at the site of Yamashiro Kokubunji Temple, built in the southern ...