IKARUGA, Nara Prefecture—Japan’s oldest Buddhist paintings moved a step forward to their first public display since they were badly damaged in a 1949 fire at Horyuji temple here. But it could ...
a seventh-century Buddhist temple here, Japan's oldest World Heritage site boasting the world's oldest wooden structures, is praying for a helping hand. Horyuji temple announced on June 15 that ...
This celebrated documentary, filmed in colour, depicts one of the most famous of all Japanese temples. Horyu-ji, in the small town of Ikaruga outside Japan’s ancient capital of Nara, was one of ...