The first thing to know about a Japanese garden is that it is a highly symbolic space. The different elements in this type of ...

A weeping cherry tree said to be more than 400 years old is blooming at a temple in Fukui Prefecture along the Sea of Japan. The tree at Kogyoji temple in Eiheiji Town is about nine meters tall ...

They peer between tree branches ... (By comparison, Asakusa Senso-Ji Temple in Tokyo draws 30 million worshippers annually.) “Japanese visitors tend to come for the autumn leaves and during ...