Cases of temple or shrine properties being extensively ... A wide range of undertakings are allowed from restaurants to hair salons to hotels. Japan had about 180,000 religious sites with ...

Koyasan is one of those places in Japan where you just have to go. Stay overnight in a “shukubo” temple lodging and cleanse your soul with vegetarian Buddhist cuisine. Kukai will speak to you.

Every day, hundreds of people visit Ryoanji Temple to see its Zen rock garden – which is probably the most famous of its kind in Japan. Located in Kyoto's northern outskirts, the temple was ...

The oldest religious site in Tokyo is also its most visited. The Senso-ji Temple sees about 30 million annual visitors and its inception dates all the way back to year 628. Despite its claim to ...