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

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Japanese eki stamps (station stamps) are a charming feature of Japanese railway culture. Beloved by visitors and oshi-tetsu ...

“According to Zen Buddhism, the answers are already ... Katsuo-ji isn’t the only “Daruma temple” in Japan. In nearby Kyoto, Hōrin-ji “Darumadera” Temple boasts a collection of around ...

The toilet, which was built in the first half of the Muromachi Period (1336-1573), is the oldest remaining latrine at a Zen Buddhist temple in Japan. The tosu is nicknamed the “hyakusecchin ...

For me, I travelled to the Kansai area in Japan because of a short story I read some years ago. In the story, the author said that the statues in the Sanjusangen-do Temple were so real and ...