Nara Japan offers beauty, history and deer encounters, and is especially gorgeous during cherry blossom season.

I am smitten with Tokyo's eclectic mix of modern cosmopolitanism and old world Japan,' confesses Dinesh Raheja.

The temple, which dates back to the Nara Period (710 to 794 C.E.), was constructed by Emperor Shomu as an imperial palace that featured structures like a pagoda and a large hall.

As excavations continue, researchers hope the discoveries made at Yamashiro Kokubunji may reveal more about Buddhist temples from the Nara Period and Japan’s history as a whole. After reading about ...

KYOTO—Researchers may have uncovered the ruins of one of the largest ancient cafeterias for a Buddhist temple in the Nara Period (710-784).

In the late Nara period, Shintō shrines were organized in similar fashion to the system of provincial Buddhist temples. Have students add to their Note-taking Worksheet based on these debates that ...

Perhaps the best-known Buddhist sculptures from this early period are the Shaka triad at the temple Hōryūji in Nara, which shows Shakyamuni flanked by two attendant bodhisattvas.

NARA -- The former JR Nara Station building in this ancient Japanese capital looks like a Buddhist pagoda, while also showcasing Western influence.

Shwedagon Pagoda- This holiest Buddhist shrine is located in Burma and was first built by the Mon during the Bagan period, between the 6th and 10th century AD.