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.

Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine is the largest shrine in Edo. Its grounds contain 17 small shrines for gods such as the founder of sumo wrestling and those of travel. Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine, the largest ...

When the houses stop, there is enough light from the quarter moon for us to keep going until we see the lanterns of Nigatsudo, one of the temples in the monumental Todaiji complex, and climb the ...

The conversation will lead you to the Gokenin estate nearby. Sneak into the main building where you must read a letter. Next, head to the Hachiman shrine, located not far to the northeast of the ...

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A mysterious request to helm the upcoming sports festival arrives. The group must band together to figure out a way to pull it off.

Based on the long-running manga penned by Makoto Yukimura of Planetes fame, Vinland Saga is a Norse tale told through a humanist lens. It follows Thorfinn, an Icelandic boy living in the early ...

Explore Nara Park, one of Japan’s top animal attractions, and meet its population of free-roaming, sociable deer. Follow the pathways filled with deer to the magnificent Todaiji Temple. Inside the ...

Viral diversity on fresh vegetables is largely unknown. Here, Park et al. use viral metagenomics to analyze the phyllosphere virome of six vegetables, revealing their abundance, diversity, host ...