When someone says “Kyoto” the golden Kinkaku-ji immediately comes to mind. Like the Tsutenkaku in Osaka, or the Todai-ji in

To the undiscerning eye, the area around Osaka Station is your typical bustling business district. However, just ten minutes east

Osaka city is home to many shrines and temples, many of which are steeped in history. However, due to Osaka’s

You can find Unusual graves and tombs in just about every culture throughout the entire world. Typically the more important,

Previously, we covered the life and stories of the very famous onmyo-ji Abe no Seimei. Seimei became Onmyo-ji when he

The onmyo-ji known as Abe no Seimei is one of most famous people in Japanese history and there are many

There is a saying that in Japan one “lives by Shinto and dies by Buddhism.” It may seems perplexing to

Like their Shinto counterparts, Buddhist temples are scattered all throughout Japan and are a great sources of Japan cultural and