This is where the foodie city of Osaka, affectionately known ... One of Nara's most famous spots is the imposing Todaiji Temple, a national treasure that houses an enormous Daibutsu, a nearly ...

OSAKA--In a rare partnership, Mitsutera temple here will physically merge with a large hotel in an attempt to pass down the temple to posterity. A decline in parishioner numbers and an increasing ...

IZUMISANO, Osaka Prefecture—A 62-year-old retiree from ... When he visited Shipporyuji temple, which practices the ancient ascetic religion of Shugendo, here in September, he was taken aback ...