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A 1,300-Year-Old Cafeteria Was Just Discovered Among The Ruins Of A Buddhist Temple In Japan
After reading about the 1,300-year-old cafeteria found in a Buddhist temple, go inside the history of sumo wrestling, Japan’s national sport. Then, read about Miyamoto Musashi, the Japanese ...
How an American businessman moves Japan's old homes into the modern age
When American businessman Brian Heywood decided to build a home in Kamakura, he wondered if he could also save some old ...
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Temple bells part of scrap metal used to fuel Japan’s war effort
old nails and gold buttons for home use were also seized to be melted down for the production of weaponry and other aspects of Japan’s war machine. Temple bells proved to be a windfall in ...
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As sales of Japan temples and shrines surge, a crackdown on bad-faith buyers
SANBAGAWA, Gunma Prefecture--Benmou Suzuki’s dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest near a tiny Japanese mountain village, hardly looks like prized real estate. Yet the monk ...
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In Rural Japan, Learning Zen Mindfulness at an 800-Year-Old Temple
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