There is a breathtaking golden temple in one of the world's best visitor destinations and it will blow you away.

NARA--CT scans revealed a miniature Monju-bosatsu-kishizo statue hidden inside a 14th century ... important cultural property of Japan and kept at Daichiji temple in Kizugawa, Kyoto Prefecture.

Katsuo-ji offers visitors two different types of Darumas: the Kachi-Daruma, the classic doll known as “the winning Daruma” which is used to set a specific goal; or the Daruma-Mikuji, known as “the ...

old nails and gold buttons for home use were also seized to be melted down for the production of weaponry and other aspects of Japan’s war machine. Temple bells proved to be a windfall in ...