A typical visit to Japan for many tourists consists of a few days in Tokyo, a train over to Kyoto, maybe Osaka. You stay in a hotel full of amenities, or, if you’re on a budget, you might be staying ...
SANBAGAWA, Japan (Reuters) - Benmou Suzuki's dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest near a tiny Japanese mountain village, hardly looks like prized real estate. Yet the monk was ...
When traveling to Japan on vacation, visiting a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple is a must. Just like in a church, knowing the proper etiquette is important. As an American exchange student who lived ...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the completion of a new temple in Sapporo, Japan. The temple will dedicate Aug. 21 and will serve the 8,000 church members on the northern ...
TOKYO - The Kamiyacho Open Terrace cafe in central Tokyo has all the trappings of a trendy establishment — good coffee, homemade dessert, an airy terrace. But what makes the cafe truly interesting is ...
TOKYO (AP) — Almost weekly Momo Nomura makes time to visit Shinto shrines. She performs the prescribed rituals — cleansing her hands, ringing a bell, bowing and clapping. But her main purpose is ...
Sixty years ago, Philip Larkin’s poem “Church Going” offered an acerbic vision of religious decline. He imagines the ever shrinking numbers that will attend England’s churches until finally only a ...
EIHEIJI, Japan (Reuters) – Deep in a forest near Japan’s western shore, a 13th century Buddhist temple where Steve Jobs once dreamed of becoming a Zen monk has teamed up with a Tokyo skyscraper ...
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the locations of two new temples, one in Indonesia and one in Japan. The Jakarta Indonesia ...
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