The oldest religious site in Tokyo is also its most visited. The Senso-ji Temple sees about 30 million annual visitors and its inception dates all the way back to year 628. Despite its claim to ...

With a history that stretches back to 727 AD, Katsuo-ji is one of Osaka's oldest and most revered temples. A 90-minute train journey from Osaka Station, this Buddhist sanctuary sits on roughly 65 ...

On Lake Biwa, in Shiga Prefecture, ascetic Buddhist monks at the remote Isaki-ji Temple walk a narrow wooden beam and leap seven meters into the water in a rite of passage that displays tradition and ...

Daigo-ji is a World Cultural Heritage site that has been renowned for its cherry blossoms since the Heian period. Because its shidarezakura (weeping cherry), somei yoshino, yaezakura, and other ...

The Tenryu-ji main temple is a significant historical site that is steeped in Japanese history. It was constructed in 1339 in memory of Emperor Go-Daigo and belongs to the Rinzai sect. The temple was ...

Available exclusively though InsideJapan Tours, this gift will open up the UNESCO World Heritage Site-designated Ninna-ji temple, which has served as the head of the Mouro school of the Shingon Sect ...

Said to have been established in 589 at the order of Prince Shotoku, Kakurin-ji Temple is East Harima's oldest ancient temple and is also known as the 'Horyu-ji Temple of Harima'. Horyu-ji Temple was ...

Ninna-ji was built in 888 and is a World Cultural Heritage site. The temple’s unique omurozakura—which poets have compared to the cherry blossoms of Mount Yoshino—are late-bloomers that are much ...