Japan’s Indigenous religion of Shinto is largely rooted in animism ... as well as talk sessions and concerts. A Komyoji monk, Yuken Kihara, serves his homemade desserts, tea and coffee every ...

Yet the monk was recently approached ... three other Buddhist temples, one Shinto shrine and a church. A surge in religious properties coming up for sale has Japanese authorities worried that ...

NOBEOKA, Miyazaki -- One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835), posthumously called Kobo Daishi, at Imayama Daishi temple in this southwestern Japan city was purified ...

The Japanese Shinto religion is expressed to have “eight ... of memorial stones and the mausoleum of Kukai, the legendary monk who founded Koyasan. Intricate lanterns create an otherworldly ...

The letter informed her that after traveling over to Japan on business, Stanford decided to stay and become a Shinto monk. Carrie had the hard job of sharing the news with Stanford’s estranged ...

Now revered by his posthumous name, Kobo Daishi, the great monk’s physical legacy ... home to a significant part of Japan’s ancient Shinto and nature-worship traditions, that extend far ...

A new building inspired by an ancient Japan palace was recently completed here at Manyo Botanical Garden on the grounds of ...