UJI, Kyoto Prefecture--A spectacular sight awaits visitors to a Buddhist temple here founded by a Chinese monk in the early 17th century as Japan and China mark the 50th anniversary of their ...

Manpukuji temple in Uji city, south of Kyoto city ... who wrote the book “Ohaka no Shakaigaku” (Grave Sociology), Japan has a few hundred tree burial graveyards, although the exact number ...