Tsubosakadera temple in Takatori, Nara Prefecture, is known as a place where people can come to pray for eye diseases to be ...

A Taegeukgi flag bearing an interpretation of the Jingwan Temple version of the national flag is attached to the wall of the ...

Kyoto, Nara, and other such historic cities have numerous famous temples. Visitors can enjoy them in a number of ways, including taking a stroll on the temple grounds and marveling at the Buddha ...

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The head temple of the Myoshin-ji Temple school of the Rinzai sect. It is Japan's largest Zen temple, with 46 sub-temples. After Emperor Hanazono (the 95th Emperor of Japan) shaved his head and became ...

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In 1941, when the Japanese government was salvaging metal from wherever it could for the looming Pacific War, the nation’s largest Buddhist group readily handed over its temple bells for the ...

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