IKARUGA, Nara Prefecture—Japan’s oldest Buddhist paintings moved a step forward to their first public display since they were badly damaged in a 1949 fire at Horyuji temple here. But it could still ...

IKARUGA, Nara Prefecture—Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung visited Horyuji temple on Jan. 14, a day after playing a BTS song together on the drums. The temple, ...

Priests remove the dust from Buddhist statues and other items at Horyuji temple in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, on Dec. 8, 2021 in an annual December cleanup. (Mainichi/Satoshi Hishida) IKARUGA, Nara -- ...

Participants walk along the Taishimich in Kawanishi, Nara Prefecture, Japan, on November 22, 2017. Another hike is set for February 22. Photo: Japan News-Yomiuri Participants walk along the ...

A small drive down the town, in the Kansai region, is this world heritage UNESCO site― Horyuji Temple, Nara. Situated in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture of Japan, the temple is sprawled across a wide complex ...

The annual cleaning ritual began about 30 years ago after the temple received the UNESCO World Heritage stamp of approval. The Buddha statues at Horyuji Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the ...

When UNESCO cast its beady, critical eye on Japan 18 years ago to assess the country's cultural and natural merits with a view — in the agency's ponderous prose — to "inscription on the World Heritage ...

Tucked away in the northwest corner of the Ueno grounds of the Tokyo National Museum stands the Gallery of Horyuji Treasures, a modern structure with straight lines of glass and steel, fronted by a ...

Horyuji, a Buddhist temple in Nara with one of the oldest wooden structures in the world, was struck by a fire in 1949, which severely damaged several 1,300-year-old murals from the Asuka period ...

Horyuji Temple in Nara is one of Japan's most important Buddhist temples, founded by the legendary Prince Shotoku in the year 607 and hosting one of the oldest wooden buildings in the world, the ...