KYOTO--Buddhist temples across Japan traditionally welcome the New Year by ringing their bells 108 times to free people of the 108 worldly desires they are born with that cause them pain and suffering ...

UJI, Kyoto Prefecture--Three days a week, a historic Zen temple here transforms itself into a restaurant serving a limited number of vegan ramen bowls. On a recent day, when the clock hit 11 a.m., ...

Kyoto needs little introduction: picture glimpsing a geisha disappearing down a narrow alley; the stillness of a stone garden ...

Shoden-ji is a quiet Rinzai Zen temple hidden in Kyoto's northern suburbs, famed for a blood-stained ceiling and a rock garden that enchanted David Bowie. Founded in 1282, the temple's main hall was ...

A residential property in Las Vegas, Nevada, promoting itself as a zen temple is actually an illegal nudist resort. It was designated a place of worship before its current owners purchased it, but is ...

For decades, the Shaolin Temple in Central ­China's Henan Province has been ­attracting tourists from around the world who long to discover the secrets of its peerless martial arts and explore more ...

(Bloomberg) -- Memorial services held online. Zen meditation apps. Buddhist temple-led match-making services. As the coronavirus pandemic forces institutions around the world to change the way they do ...

Kyoto is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and certainly in Japan, but one of the city’s residents felt that it was missing something. “Kyoto is getting crowded with new ...

Dating back to the year 1663, the Jikoji Zen Temple is a charming little gem, locally well known but slightly offbeat for the visiting tourists, hidden on a small hillock in Nara. A part of the Rizai ...