IKARUGA, Nara Prefecture--Horyuji temple here will hold a limited public showing in May of its precious Buddhist mural paintings, which were scorched in a fire at the Kondo main hall in 1949, it ...

Horyuji Temple, 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 ...

Japan's traditional architecture gets boost with Unesco listing for ancient techniques Building such as Himeji Castle and Horyuji Temple feature craftsmanship that has been under threat from lack ...

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 ...

The two-hour tour traverses temples within a 1-mile radius of Horyuji Temple, the world’s oldest wooden structure.

Digitized images of 363 original glass photographic plates showing seventh-century murals from Horyuji temple before they were damaged in a 1949 blaze will be available online from July 22.

IKARUGA, Nara -- Priests dusted down Buddhist statues and other items at Horyuji temple, a World Heritage site in this west Japan town, in an annual c ...

Needless to say, the temple was responsible for creating and collecting major works of Buddhist art over the centuries. In 1878, 319 pieces from Horyuji’s collection were presented by the temple to ...

The Buddha statues at Horyuji Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the ancient capital of Nara in western Japan, have received their annual year-end cleaning.

But Horyuji really is exceptional. As well as being a landmark in Japanese history and the oldest existing Buddhist temple in the land, the complex of Horyuji contains the world's oldest wooden ...

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 ...