OTSU—The main hall of Enryakuji temple, a national treasure here on Mount Hieizan, will be restored to its Edo Period (1603-1867) appearance based on clues uncovered during repairs on the ...

Enryakuji was founded in 788 on Mt. Hiei when the Buddhist monk Saicho built Ichijo Shikanin temple (later Konpon Chudo) and carved a figure of Yakushi Nyorai (the Healing Buddha) as the temple's ...

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.

Hieizan Enryakuji temple in Otsu, Japan, is considered the place that sowed the seeds of Japanese Buddhism, as a significant number of prominent priests were trained and educated there and ...

Enryakuji Temple, one of Japan's most prestigious temples near the ancient capital Kyoto, has refused to allow members of Japan's biggest organised crime syndicate to pay their respects there, an ...

In 1081 Ennin adherents came down the mountain three times to attack and burn parts of Mii-dera, returning to Enryakuji with various Buddhist artifacts plundered from their sister temple. Indeed, ...

The dozen monks, aged between 28 and 44, have completed a 100-day practice known as "kaihogyo" (circling the mountain), at Enryakuji temple at Mount Hiei in the Shiga Prefectural city of Otsu.

And in the seventh, he goes 52.5 miles for 100 days and then 18 miles for another 100 days, before returning to the temple, located in Otsu city, about 234 miles southwest of Tokyo.

Enryakuji temple in western Shiga prefecture -- a UNESCO World Heritage Site with a 1,200-year history -- houses Buddhist tablets carrying names of the dead, ...