OTSU, Shiga Prefecture--For the first time in its 1,200-year history, Enryakuji temple on Mount Hieizan here is allowing the general public to enter its fabled Kaidan-in main hall. This ...

Tsubosakadera temple in Takatori, Nara Prefecture, is known as a place where people can come to pray for eye diseases to be ...

Although the temple grounds remain open 24/7, the main hall welcomes visitors daily from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. From October to March, the hall opens a bit later at 6:30 a.m. Admission is free.

After the service at the temple's main hall, which is designated a national treasure, screaming demons wielding cudgels and dressed in red, blue and green appeared to the sound of drums and conch ...

The Bridge of Cinnabar Steps (Danbiqiao), a 360-meter-long stone walkway, connects the main architectural structures of the temple-the Hall of Prayer for a Good Year (Qiniandian) to the north and ...

Proceeding from the front gate to the rear of the temple, they are as follows: the main gate, the Devaraja Hall (Hall of the Heavenly Kings), the Hall of Attaining Perfection (Yuanjuxingjuedian ...

The Kitamukizan Fudoin temple in Fushimi Ward has installed the papier-mache piece in its main hall with the year of the snake in the Chinese astrological calendar just around the corner.

Crowds were spotted outside the temple in Sha Tin as early as 10am ... various sizes as they jostled for position to enter the main hall. Inside, the air was filled with thick smoke as worshippers ...