Sole official Tibetan temple in Japan offers matchmaking luck, buzzworthy photos
That's the impression when you step into the Qambalin Buddhist temple in this city's Moriyama Ward, the only officially ...
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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 ... of tranquility and peace.” Some Buddhist temples, including Tsukiji Hongwanji and Komyoji in Tokyo, are seeking to reach younger ...
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Senso-ji Temple, Asakusa
The oldest religious site in Tokyo is also its ... nearly the entire temple was razed). The Senso-ji Temple is dedicated to Asakusa Kannon, the Buddhist god of mercy and happiness.
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Minamiyamashiro: The Buddhist Treasures of a Remote Region
Minamiyamashiro, in the very south of Kyoto Pref., was once an important transportation hub, and many Buddhist temples were built to spiritually watch over this secluded region. Around the 15th ...
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Shukubo: Japan's temples offering a taste of monastic living
Visually-impaired content maker Lucy Edwards travels to Japan to experience the country ... a world without sight during her visit to a Buddhist temple in Hiroshima known as shukubo or "to sleep ...