If you’ve visited Buddhist temples in Japan, chances are you passed through their entry gates and continued straight to their venerable main halls. Perhaps you admired the architecture, gazed upon ...

Few periods in Japanese history are more fascinating than the seventh century. This was the period when Buddhism experienced its initial flowering in the country and the time when Asukadera, Kudara ...

Researchers surveying a temple in Japan’s Shiga Prefecture have discovered long-hidden paintings of eight Buddhist saints that could date back more than 1,300 years, report Jiro Tsutsui and Yoshito ...

Memorial services held online. Zen meditation apps. Buddhist temple-led matchmaking services. As the coronavirus pandemic forces institutions around the world to change the way they do things, those ...