This UNESCO-registered Buddhist temple houses many precious items. Its buildings and statues are National Treasures, but its paper records attract domestic specialists for evaluation and designation.

Famously known as the ’Temple of Flowers‘, this Daigo-ji temple is perched atop the Daigo-san mountain in Kyoto, Japan. The temple was founded in 874 by Rigen-daishi and is devoted to Shingon ...

Kyoto, Japan - January 10, 2025 Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 10, 2025, shows Kinkaku-ji, or the Golden Pavilion temple, dusted with snow in the western Japan city of Kyoto.