NARA--Daianji temple, touted as one of the Seven Great Temples of Nara, is creating a CGI reconstruction of its huge “daigaran” main structures from the Nara Period (710-784). Temple officials plan to ...

A brewing company has teamed with a temple in Nara Prefecture to make and sell sake re-created from a roughly 450-year-old recipe recorded by medieval Japanese monks. During the Muromachi Period (1336 ...

NARA -- Nara Park and its surrounding area in this western Japan city were illuminated with countless lights and deer-shaped art objects as part of a rehearsal on Feb. 7 ahead of the public opening of ...

Managing director of the Nara Visitors Bureau, Yasuhiro Nakanishi. The deer in Nara. Todaiji Temple. Chief Priest Koshin Ohara standing in front of the Shoryakuji temple. Nara, the ancient capital of ...

When you visit Nara, you’re going to feel the sensation of stepping into Japan’s living history. It’s a place where lanterns glow softly under moss and deer roam freely. Not to mention Japan’s largest ...

Japan's rainy season can be as beautiful as a clear sunny day. But don't take our word for it. Go see the outdoor Buddha statue at Tsubosakadera Temple in Takatori, Nara Prefecture, who sits among a ...

Hasedera Temple in Nara Prefecture is the main temple of the Buzan sect of Shingon Buddhism, giving rise to 3000 member temples in Japan. This temple is beautiful throughout the year because of an ...

NARA, Japan — There are thousands of Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines around Japan. They connect people to the country's religion, history and culture. But, there's a spot in Japan where the ...

あをによし 奈良の都は 咲く花の にほうがごとく 今盛りなり (Translation by Edwin Cranston, from The Gem-Glistening Cup. This famous poem from the Man’yōshū collection, Japan’s first anthology of verse, compares Nara to the ...