From prehistoric paths dating back to the Neolithic period to walking routes used by Buddhist monks and tea merchants, these ...

One monk said his old temple was ‘reduced to heaps of ashes,’ as the fires continue to rage across the country ...

NOBEOKA, Miyazaki -- One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835), posthumously called Kobo Daishi, at Imayama Daishi temple in this southwestern Japan city was purified ...

The monastery, as you mentioned, it's from the fourth century, and the history is just incredible. They have so many culinary ...

Wildfires in South Korea's southern regions have left 24 people dead and destroyed more than 300 structures, including large ...

Miso paste came to Japan from China, introduced by Buddhist monks. It eventually morphed into the comforting soup we know ...

An ancient Buddhist temple complex is among the structures burned in some of the worst wildfires ever to hit South Korea.

While it doesn’t house buildings constructed during that ancient period ... He said that monks and the Buddhist faithful managed to move the temple’s third “treasure,” a stone Buddha ...

UNESCO’s executive board on May 24 approved the archives of the Buddhist monk Enchin (814-891) for inclusion. Enchin founded the Tendai Jimon sect after bringing back the teachings of Chinese ...