Japanese eki stamps (station stamps) are a charming feature of Japanese railway culture. Beloved by visitors and oshi-tetsu ...

Archaeologists rediscover Ichijodani, a formidable stronghold that flourished amid medieval Japan’s brutal power struggles ...

Katsuo-ji offers visitors two different types of Darumas: the Kachi-Daruma, the classic doll known as “the winning Daruma” ...

The Japanese competitors stunned the spectators with spectacular performances. Big Air riders, Kokomo Murase and Ryoma Kimata from Japan, each captured gold medals in the massive competition.

The wildfires have carved a trail of devastation through an area equivalent to about half the area of Singapore, ravaging everything in their path including historic temples and homes in the ...

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission has summoned the administrator of a Facebook group dedicated to finding allegedly illegal temples nationwide. In a Facebook post today ...

Among the cultural casualties are centuries-old Buddhist temples. Unramsa Temple, located on Cheondeungsan Mountain and believed to be over a thousand years old, was completely consumed by fire. 1000 ...

Sister Kudo is a Sunday School teacher and temple worker and a former stake Young Women president, stake Relief Society presidency counselor, ward Relief Society president and ward Young Women ...

Japanese hot springs—better known as onsens—are prized for their zen experience, with travelers coming from around the world to lounge in natural pools and bliss out. The country is home to ...

The once-vaunted “iron triangle” of bureaucrats, politicians and business that powered Japan’s growth “began to look rusty”, says Jeff Kingston of Temple University in Japan.

Credit: Mr Gs Travels, Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 In a world obsessed with the newest technological innovations, some of its oldest temples continue to fulfill their original purpose after thousands of ...