NARA--Medieval carpenters in Japan had a few tricks up their sleeves that astound experts even today. A pair of octagonal circular halls on the premises of 1,300-year-old Kofukuji temple here, a ...

A Canadian teenager has been questioned by police in Japan after carving letters on a wooden pillar of an ... pillar at the Toshodaiji Kondo temple complex in Nara, Japan. The boy was caught ...

The Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area are located in Nara Prefecture. The property consists of forty-eight ancient wooden structures located at the two temples sites, twenty-one at Horyu-ji ...

In Area 1, we saw the impressive Great South Gate and its Kongo Rikishi, then took some photos at the mirror pond. We strolled up a historic stone walk to the Nigatsu-do Hall and learned about the ...

The Toshodaiji Kondo Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan, was built more than 1,200 years ago, but this didn’t deter a Canadian ...

Other things to see in Nara, Japan are the Yakushiji Temple, Toshodaiji Temple, Heijo Palace, Gangoji Temple, and the Horyu-ji Temple, which is the world’s oldest wooden building. One day in ...

“Japan, which boasts a rich tradition of wooden structures as represented by Todaiji and Horyuji temples (in Nara), will be hosting an expo,” he said. “Given that our country is a global ...

The imposing figure, supported by a magnificent painted halo made from extravagantly carved wood, possesses ... Kondō (Golden Hall) at the temple Murōji in Uda, Nara Prefecture.

Chinese bellflowers, known in Japan as kikyo, are in full bloom at the World Heritage Site of Gangoji Temple, Nara. With their balloon-like buds and star-shaped flowers, kikyo have a special place ...

When people ask why I have not done research in the United States National Archives and Records Administration (Nara), my ...

One of the wonders of the ancient world, the Temple of Artemis stood for millennia, wearing natural and manmade disasters. A ...

When you construct anything with wood, you’re confronted with the problem of how to make two pieces stay together. This is ...