From sacred monkeys to mysterious cats, marvelous ‘Animals in Japanese Art’ at LACMA By Christopher Knight Art Critic Follow Nov. 25, 2019 6 AM PT ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The deer of Nara, Japan are revered as sacred animals and they bow for treats. But throngs of tourists are finding out, the animals have a nasty bite, too. Surrounded by ...

Nara, a city rich in history and culture, is famously home to a unique population of deer that roam freely throughout the area. These sacred animals, revered as messengers of the gods, have become ...

Among 80,000 artifacts from the sacred Japanese island of Okinoshima, Japanese researchers discovered an intricately decorated spear tip lying inside an ancient gold sheath. It’s now a national ...

Followers of Shintoism, Japan’s indigenous religion, worship Kami – gods believed to inhabit the natural world – and the Kumano region is considered to be home to a particularly large number.

It is one of Japan's most impressive torii, and for good reason: the island is considered sacred, so pure that no deaths or births have been allowed here since 1878.

Elsewhere in Japan, I met countless deer. Nara, one of the most important cities in the history of Japanese Buddhism, sparkles with its dazzling bronze Daibutsu statue, towering Todai-ji temple, and ...

One of the most famous animal encounters in Japan is feeding the domestic deer in Nara. The deer of Nara have been considered sacred animals and messengers of the gods since the 700’s. They are ...

Was Wes Anderson’s Latest Film Inspired by Japan’s Real “Isles of Animals”? The director says his animated 'Isle of Dogs,' which opens the Berlin festival, is inspired by Akira Kurosawa ...

Japan's Emperor Akihito Performs Sacred Ritual Before He Abdicates Throne for His Son in 12 Days The 85-year-old royal traveled to the Ise Grand Shrine in Japan to perform the "Shinetsu no Gi" ritual ...

Resembling the unicorn with its single horn, it is one of the four major sacred animals in Chinese mythology, alongside the dragon, phoenix, and turtle.