We explore a massive abandoned Buddhist complex in Japan, once a shortcut pilgrimage site. Discover golden structures, hundreds of statues, and the forgotten relics of a vanished dream. Our journey ...

In southern Japan there exists a 1,000-year-old trail that is stop-in-your-tracks stunning but almost completely devoid of crowds. It stars towering trees, fragrant forests, ancient stepping ...

Thanks to our instructions from Oku Japan—the travel company that helped plan our self-guided journey along a portion of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage route—Diana and I already knew what to do ...

The Kumano Kodo pilgrimage routes, designated UNESCO World Heritage sites, cover 191 miles and cross Kii Hanto, the largest peninsula in Japan at 6,152 square miles.

NARUTO, Japan - Pilgrims in straw hats and white smocks amble past cherry trees flush with blossoms. They mount the stone steps into the cool, incense-laced air of a Buddhist temple, and bow their ...

Three weeks into my trek, as I ascended a steep path toward Yokomine-ji, the 60th of 88 temples along the Shikoku pilgrimage, I found myself enveloped by an unforgiving fog. In an instant, the ...

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Delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the pilgrimage to Japan was first suggested by Rosemarie Pace, who heads Pax Christi New York State. Last year, Pace, who is on the trip, contacted Cushing about ...

More than 2,000 people traveled to Manzanar on Saturday to mark the 50th anniversary of an annual pilgrimage to the site of the World War II camp where the U.S. incarcerated people of Japanese ...