How an American businessman moves Japan's old homes into the modern age
When American businessman Brian Heywood decided to build a home in Kamakura, he wondered if he could also save some old ...
This History-Drenched Japanese City Is A Less Frenzied Alternative To Tokyo
Once Japan’s Imperial capital, the city has been a spiritual and cultural epicentre for more than a thousand years. That ...
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In secular Japan, what draws so many to temples and shrines? Stamp collecting and tradition
About 70% of people in Japan have similar nonreligious feelings, according to surveys. Their responses reflect a long history of pragmatism about traditional ... her 6-year-old grandson, and ...
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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, located deep in the forest near a tiny Japanese mountain village, hardly looks like prized real estate. Yet the monk ...
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Embrace spiritualism on Japan's sacred nature trail
With its 88 temples and sacred sites ... The respective ages are based on the traditional Japanese method of calculating age, whereby a baby is considered one year old at birth, and everyone ...
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Japan temple where ‘maids’ discuss Buddhism to attract visitors creates pop idol group, sparks controversy and curiosity
A 4,300-year-old Japanese temple has created a female pop group and is employing maids wearing Buddhist-style outfits to attract visitors. The innovation has ignited a mix of curiosity and ...