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Kyoto's Largest Wooden Temple Holds A Truly Unsettling Giant Artifact Made Of Human Hair
Within the stunningly decorated wooden walls of an immense temple in Kyoto, you'll find an unusual artifact of human hair ...
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In secular Japan, what draws so many to temples and shrines? Stamp collecting and tradition
Japan’s unique relationship to faith is on full display during the final week of the year: People celebrate Christmas with an exchange of presents, ring Buddhist temple bells on New Year’s Eve ...
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Shikoku: The Japanese Island of Pilgrimage and Spirituality
It is also a vital stop on the Shikoku Pilgrimage as the tip of the cape plays host to the 24th temple, Hotsumisaki-ji, where ...
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As sales of Japan temples and shrines surge, a crackdown on bad-faith buyers
SANBAGAWA, Gunma Prefecture--Benmou Suzuki’s dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest near a tiny Japanese mountain village, hardly looks like prized real estate. Yet the monk ...