If you’ve visited Buddhist temples in Japan, chances are you passed through their entry gates and continued straight to their venerable main halls. Perhaps you admired the architecture, gazed upon ...

Around a center stage constructed for Obonfest, a lively crowd of dancers of all ages joyfully twirled under hundreds of red and white paper lanterns. The temporary festival venue, next to the Oregon ...

Japan’s Imperial family resided in Kyoto, the ancient capital, for over 1,000 years, which accounts for the fact that an estimated 2,000 age-old shrines, temples and castles blanket the city. Today, ...