This ancient Silk Road town was almost lost to time
Dandan-Oilik was once a thriving complex packed with Buddhist temples in the Taklimakan desert. What do we know now about ...
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Graveyard for graves: Changing the way Japanese mourn
Suzuki said, “I believe that the number of abandoned temples ... Ward has a department of Buddhism, as well as 16,000 temples of five sects throughout Japan. The university will create virtual ...
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As sales of Japan temples and shrines surge, a crackdown on bad-faith buyers
SANBAGAWA, Gunma Prefecture--Benmou Suzuki’s dilapidated 420-year-old temple ... Buddhist temples, one Shinto shrine and a church. A surge in religious properties coming up for sale has Japanese ...
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Japan: Toshodaiji Kondo temple in Nara defaced by Canadian teen
According to UNESCO's website, the monuments, which include Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines, "provide a vivid picture of life in the Japanese capital in the eighth century, a period of ...
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Japan: 10 iconic temples and shrines you need to visit
The temple is also an important Buddhist pilgrimage site. Located in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park, Meiji-Jingu is one of Japan's most ...
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Japan heritage worker backs car into oldest toilet at Kyoto temple
A man whose job it is to help preserve Japan's cultural heritage has accidentally smashed his car into the country's oldest toilet at a centuries-old Buddhist temple. The communal loo at Tofukuji ...
NHK26 天
Buddhist temple in Japan prepares huge straw rope decoration for New Year
With just one month remaining in 2024, a Buddhist temple near Tokyo is preparing a gigantic straw rope decoration for the New Year. At Naritasan Shinsho-ji temple in Chiba Prefecture, about 10 ...