OJI, Nara Prefecture--A parade of dogs added a twist to an annual procession of kimono-clad children during a traditional ceremony held at famed Darumaji temple in this western town. Darumaji is ...

Soar over the historic city of Nara, Japan, in this breathtaking aerial journey. This stunning drone footage offers a unique ...

Visitors savored Japanese white radish stew at a temple in western Japan to ward off bad luck and pray for good health in the ...

In its history as a unified nation, Japan has had three major capitals. Tokyo (the modern capital) and Kyoto (the longest-serving capital) garner most of the international visitors. Tokyo draws those ...

Monks at Horyuji Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the ancient Japanese capital of Nara, have brushed the dust off ...

An eighth century temple in Japan has been vandalized by a Canadian teen tourist, according to local police. The monument in question is the Toshodaiji Temple, located in the city of Nara, which lies ...

President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi are coordinating plans to hold a summit in Nara, Japan, on ...

ara, the ancient capital of Japan and the birthplace of Japanese culture and civilisation, is set to blossom as ‘the radiance of flowers in bloom’ as described in the ancient Manyoshu poems. Nara as ...

One of Japan’s oldest temples, the 1,400-year-old Hōryūji in Nara, hosted a series of opera performances by Italian singers earlier this year, delighting viewers with classical European music in an ...

It was the dining hall of the Buddhist temple devoted to medicine. Destroyed by a fire around the year 1000, it will be opened to the public in July. Tokyo (AsiaNews / Agencies) - The beautiful ...

A brewing company has teamed with a temple in Nara Prefecture to make and sell sake re-created from a roughly 450-year-old recipe recorded by medieval Japanese monks. During the Muromachi Period (1336 ...