Katsuo-ji offers visitors two different types of Darumas: the Kachi-Daruma, the classic doll known as “the winning Daruma” ...

Every day, hundreds of people visit Ryoanji Temple ... Japan. Located in Kyoto's northern outskirts, the temple was built in 1450, but details surrounding the rock garden's origins are hazy. Its ...

In 1941, when the Japanese government was salvaging metal from wherever it could for the looming Pacific War, the nation’s largest Buddhist group readily handed over its temple bells for the ...

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However, Buseoksa temple in South Chungcheong province, located in west-central South Korea, claimed that the statue was looted in the 14th century by Japanese “wako” pirates.