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JR Central and Kyoto temple team up for the coolest temple tourism experiences you’ll ever see
Crafts, private art viewings, private lectures, exclusive tea tastings…you’ll want to do it all!
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Crowdfunding campaign for Nara World Heritage temple surpasses 100 million yen in 8 days
- Shannon
Jun 29, 2022
When the temple asks, the temple shall receive…five-fold.
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- (Buddhism • crowdfunding • culture • donations • history • Horyuji • Horyuji Temple • Nara • temples • travel • UNESCO World Heritage sites)
This little-known temple in rural Japan has a giant Buddha bigger than Kamakura’s or Nara’s【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 13, 2022
A visit to Seirinji Temple.
Miss school field trips? Now adults can go on a “school trip” too with new plan at Nara hotel
- Dale Roll
Jun 2, 2022
With lots of tour-like features and educational experiences, you’ll learn a lot and have fun, too!
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Japan’s northernmost brewery on the mainland is…a temple?!?
- Oona McGee
May 24, 2022
The holiest craft beer in the country.
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- (Aomori • beer • brewery • Buddhism • COK • cool • crazy • culture • haruka takagi • religion • SNJO • temples • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • travel • weird • winery • wines)
We visit a mysterious pagoda near Yomiuri Land, turns out to be an incredibly sacred spot
- Katie Pask
May 5, 2022
An enigmatic-looking building turns out to be much more.
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- (Buddha • Buddhism • COK • culture • Mariko Ohanabatake • pagoda • SNJO • statue • temples • Yomiuri Land)
Where to find the Great Floating Buddha of Ikebukuro
- Oona McGee
Mar 29, 2022
Tokyo ward known for its otaku culture holds a hidden gem not many people know about.
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Whisky worship: Kyoto craftsmen make prayer beads out of Japanese whisky barrels
- Casey Baseel
Feb 18, 2022
Oak is reborn as juzu after half-century helping to make Japanese whisky.
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- (alcohol • Buddhism • COK • drinks • Japanese whisky • juzu • prayer beads • religion • Whiskey • whisky)
Cosplay company creates fantasy RPG-style memorial altars for the ashes of your ancestors【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 3, 2022
Takumi Armory helps you give family members a resting place and sendoff fit for a hero.
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- (altar • anime • awesome • Buddhism • butsudan • cool • cosplay • culture • religion • Takumi Armory • video games)
Online pilgrimages along Japan’s famous Shikoku Henro route begin later this year
- Master Blaster
Jan 3, 2022
A journey of 1,000 kilometers begins with a single log-in.
- Japan
- (Buddhism • culture • history • pilgrimage • religion • Shikoku • Shikoku Henro • Shikoku Pilgrimage • tourism • travel • Zoom)
Real Buddhist monk shows off hot (and sweet) EDM dance moves in Mount Koya video
- Krista Rogers
Jan 3, 2022
To make matters stranger, the video is part of a promotional tie-in with a popular candy company designed to cheer on a certain group of students.
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- (Buddhism • cool • culture • dance • EDM • entrance exams • good luck • Koyasan • monks • Morinaga • music • Ramune • temples • video • Wakayama)
Senkoji: The Japanese temple that’s more like a theme park to heaven and hell
- Oona McGee
Dec 16, 2021
The chief priest at this temple says there’s more to this experience than just entertainment.
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Temple camping in Japan at Wakayama’s Daitaiji【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 1, 2021
A lot of temples in Japan offer dormitory rooms, but this one has an even cooler option.
Boys’ love at the temple? Sensual ikemen art that raised eyebrows in Japan now set to be removed
- Oona McGee
Nov 21, 2021
Modern makeover at centuries-old temple comes to an end, but not for rumoured reasons.
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Why is there a giant Buddha head on the top of this Japanese office building?【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 1, 2021
It’s not the only startling rooftop surprise in this town, either.
Japanese woman dreams of her late grandfather eating noodles, gets a sweet surprise in the morning
- Casey Baseel
Oct 23, 2021
Nothing tastes as good as a home-cooked meal.
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- (Buddhism • Buddhist altar • butsudan • family • food • funny • grandfather • grandparents • moving • Noodles • touching • udon)
This beautiful mountaintop Buddha carving in Japan is much newer than it looks【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 20, 2021
Let’s head south from Tokyo to visit the Takatoriyama magaibutsu.
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- (art • Buddhism • COK • hiking • Kanagawa • nature • parks • SNJO • statues • travel • Yokosuka)
Refresh your mind, body, and soul at Temple Camp Daitaiji, the first temple to open to campers
- Dale Roll
May 25, 2021
Enjoy nature and experience Buddhist traditions, all in one.
- Japan
- (Buddhism • camping • Daitaiji Temple • Kii Moutains • kumano kodo • nature • RV camp • sauna • temple • Temple Camp Daitaiji • UNESCO World Heritage sites • Wakayama • Zen)
Japanese monks want to create new temple…in space!
- Casey Baseel
Feb 4, 2021
A Kyoto expansion 1,100 years in the making.
- Japan
- (Buddhism • cool • crazy • Kyoto • satellites • science • space • technology • temples)
Japanese supermarket’s funeral ad sparks controversy, debate over “blasphemy”
- Katy Kelly
Oct 9, 2020
Is Aeon’s award-winning design an economical comfort or a blasphemy against your ancestors?
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