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.

NARA--An elderly driver who stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake hit a group of tourists on the approach to Todaiji temple in Nara, causing the death of a 62-year-old Taiwanese ...

NARA -- Large torches were ignited March 12 during the annual "Shuni-e" two-week training of Buddhist priests at Todaiji temple's Nigatsu-do hall here. When the approximately 8-meter-long ...