After 2024 set a new record for tourist numbers in Japan, Rob Goss recommends switching out the biggest draws for these ...

The city rose to prominence under the Maeda clan in the Edo era, and under several hundred years of their patronage it became a focal point for art and ... Koyasan in Wakayama prefecture is ...

The station building in Wakayama Prefecture is the world's first to be built with 3D printer technology, the company said. The building at Hatsushima Station in the city of Arida on the Kisei Line ...

Japan’s Wakayama prefecture (pictured), which in 2022 waived a move to host an integrated resort (IR) with casino after the local assembly voted against taking part in the initial application round, ...

“Offering the bell represented a commitment to killing people and goes against Buddhism teachings itself,” said Yasuda, 59. Saijunji temple in Kitagata, Gifu Prefecture, embedded 28 military ...

and Kanazawa (Ishikawa Prefecture), to explore the traditional food culture that blossomed in the region thanks to the kitamaebune traders. This impressive Buddhist temple in Takaoka was built to ...

ART21: Does that has something to do with being raised Catholic? SMITH: It’s one of my loose theories that Catholicism and art have gone well together because both believe in the physical ...

The art of Gandhara evolved from the Greco-Buddhist interaction, and, as per a theory, gave the world the first anthropomorphic statue of the Buddha. It is said that “The Seated Buddha from Gandhara” ...