The shrine is one of the most famous and visited in the whole of Japan. The monks have decided to share offerings intended for maintenance with the neediest in Nara prefecture. The Otera Oyatsu Club ...

NARA--In an answer to prayers for more luxury accommodations in Nara, a high-end lodging facility will open on the former grounds of Todaiji temple here in the fall of 2028. The temple and Kintetsu ...

NARA--Todaiji temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site, will partially ease COVID-19 restrictions and reopen the Shunie torch-bearing ceremony to the public during the main event from March 1 to 14. Also ...

NARA -- Todaiji temple in Japan's ancient capital Nara suspended entrance to its main hall on April 24 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, but kept a front window open so that people could still ...

NARA -- Almost every year since 1946, the treasures of the Shosoin, storehouse of Nara's famed Todaiji Temple, have been put on display for all to see. These treasures have survived from the eighth ...

NARA -- Some 170 priests and staff members cleaned up the 15-meter-tall Buddha statue in the Great Buddha Hall of Todai-ji Temple here on Aug. 7. In the annual cleaning event called "ominugui," people ...

The Great Buddha at Todaiji temple has been given a thorough clean ahead of the Bon festival in Nara, western Japan. The soul of the Buddha had to be temporarily removed before the ritual could take ...

Buddhist monks have held their mid-summer ritual cleaning of the Great Buddha statue at Todaiji Temple in Japan. About 150 priests and followers were involved in removing the dust from the mammoth ...

"When I visited Todaiji Temple in Nara, just after I arrived as a Chinese student in Japan about 30 years ago, I felt somehow nostalgic as it had an atmosphere of old China," says Cai Guo-Qiang, as he ...