Ginkaku-ji Temple was built by the 8th Shogun of the Muromachi period, Yoshimasa Ashikaga, who built it originally as a mountain villa in Higashiyama. Its construction was based on Kinkaku-ku Temple, ...

You can reach several top attractions, including Nijo Castle, Gion, the Nanzen-ji Temple as well as downtown Kyoto and the Southern Higashiyama district, home to the Kiyomizu-dera Temple and ...

Further along, Nanzen-ji, an impressive imperial palace converted into a Zen temple back in 1291, boasts a spectacular 22-metre-high San-mon gate and striking red-brick aqueduct, dating from 1890 ...

Thirteen people, including 11 juveniles, were arrested after a 15-year-old boy was shot on Temple University's campus in North Philadelphia Sunday afternoon during a celebration for Eid al-Fitr ...

The oldest religious site in Tokyo is also its most visited. The Senso-ji Temple sees about 30 million annual visitors and its inception dates all the way back to year 628. Despite its claim to ...

The Temple of Hephaestus next to the Ancient Agora is the only ancient temple in Greece that remained almost entirely intact. Credit: Storeye/ Wikipedia Public Domain There is an ancient temple in ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Wildfires in South Korea destroyed nearly half of ...

An incident Saturday at Temple Gun Club resulted in the death Sunday of Zakary Michael Jerke, 30, from a gunshot wound to the head, the Bell County Sheriff’s Office reported. Authorities ...

Unprecedented wildfires ripping through South Korea’s southern regions have destroyed large parts of an ancient Buddhist temple complex, burning down two buildings that had been designated ...

In the Egyptian city of Esna, a highly decorated entrance hall completed during the mid-third century a.d. is the only surviving part of a temple dedicated to the creator god Khnum. Some 100 major ...