Around that time, Nishiyuki was moved by the beauty of Buddha statues when she visited Toji temple in Kyoto alone. She was especially impressed by the statue of Shakra devanam Indra in the 21 ...

A man charged with the 2019 fatal arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio has dropped his appeal to overturn his death sentence, a Japanese high court said Tuesday, finalizing the verdict over ...

New Year's revelers tried to grab a fistful of fortune for 2025 at a western Japan temple's annual "fukutabae" event on Jan. 3, in which 3,000 "lucky notes" are dropped down to an eager crowd.