The event began in the morning of Friday with a celebration march by a group of Japanese monks who entered the monastery from a distance with conchs and drums playing alongside chanting in Japanese, ...
Jon Woodhouse, who writes regular arts and entertainment articles for The Maui News, is currently traveling in Japan and writing about his journey along the way. Dining at Kakurinbo near Mt. Fuji, you ...
Furthermore, researchers caught over 100 specimens of Harabiro mantises, or Asian mantises, from on trees and on asphalt surfaces at four locations in Taiwan and Japan, and found that those taken ...
Once upon a time, there was a Japanese monk by the name of Saicho. As the story goes, he was studying at Tiantai Mountain, in China’s Zhejiang province, in the early ninth century, when he ...
The monks carry torches during the main event as they enter Nigatsudo hall and ask for forgiveness for sins people commit and pray for world peace in front of the 11-faced Kannon statue ...
At 5 p.m. daily, visitors can see present-day monks praying. Visitors highly recommend a visit to Wat Chalong, as well as a stroll through its impressive, clean and well-maintained grounds ...
Among the audience was a monk from a different sect of Buddhism ... such concepts as emptiness and mercy so that they can pray for others’ happiness and achieve their own psychological ...
One theory goes that on the 15th day of the Lunar New Year, monks would light lanterns in honor of Buddha ... begins with a series of traditional performances by local musical groups and continues ...