Even if you’re not a practising Buddhist, coming to Koyasan is a pilgrimage. The traditional arrival at this UNESCO-listed temple ... transfer from Osaka. Published in the Japan supplement ...

A Buddhist temple in Japan with more than 400 years of history has found a way to attract young followers by posting original wise mottos on Instagram. On a daily basis, the temple in Western ...

Inside the temple ... Osaka University. Their goal was to enhance spiritual experiences and revive interest in Buddhism, which has been dwindling due to modernism and generational change in Japan.

Earlier that month, I had visited Koyasan, a Buddhist mountain retreat in Japan about two hours drive from Osaka. The town’s hundreds of temples, shrines and Japan’s oldest cemetery rival the ...

IZUMISANO, Osaka Prefecture—A 62-year-old retiree ... connecting Ise Jingu shrine in Mie Prefecture with about 150 Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines in six prefectures in the Kinki region.

Thought-provoking posts on social media by abbot attract big online following, actual visits to Buddhist temple ... On a daily basis, the temple in Western Japan's Osaka, Sennenji, has been ...