朝日新聞社4 个月
As sales of Japan temples and shrines surge, a crackdown on bad-faith buyers
Gunma Prefecture--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 ...
Chip Chick on MSN3 个月
The Sohei Warrior Monks Of Medieval Japan Were Powerful, Skilled Fighters Who Took Up Arms ...
The monks were willing to lay down their lives in order to fight for what they believed in. Enryaku-jii was the most ...
朝日新聞社3 年
Monks at Kyoto temple test their hanging bell for New Year’s Eve
KYOTO--Monks at Chion-in temple in Higashiyama Ward here did a ... It is regarded as one of Japan’s three most distinguished hanging bells. On New Year’s Eve, the monks will start striking ...
Asia Society4 年
Interview with Toryo Ito, Vice Chief Monk, Ryosoku-in Temple
After a few forays in different fields of learning, I realized that the temple can be a prime site of education. 2. We understand the customs of Buddhist monks in Japan differ somewhat from monks in ...
BBC4 年
Japanese monks: 'I can do this in monk's robes' videos shared online
Japanese monks have been skipping, skating and juggling to show how unrestrictive their traditional attire is. It comes after a monk was fined by police for driving while wearing a kimono because ...