KYOTO--One stone statue of an enlightened Buddhist person here cradles a cat in its arms while another holds a book inscribed ...

With just one month remaining in 2024, a Buddhist temple near Tokyo is preparing a gigantic straw rope decoration for the New Year. At Naritasan Shinsho-ji temple in Chiba Prefecture, about 10 ...

As Christmas approaches, children in many parts of the world look forward to a visit from the potbellied Santa Claus, who ...

The next buddha will be Maitreya, or Miroku in Japanese. According to one 13th ... and beard on the Hotei statue in Tokyo’s Maitreya Temple, or Mirokuden, which shows how common the ...

One of the city's most popular attractions, the Jade Buddha Temple impresses visitors with its legion of statues. The temple was originally built to house two jade statues brought in from Burma.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who is in Laos for a two day official visit, on Friday offered prayers at the Wat Si Saket - a Buddhist temple in ... Friday met with his Japan counterpart Gen ...