The photo was taken on Aug. 9, 1936, on the grounds of Jisenji temple, which was located in the area where the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park now stands. It captures a peaceful moment right before ...

The Hiroshima Daibutsu (big Buddha statue) is currently enshrined at Gokurakuji temple in Ando, Nara Prefecture, and will be temporarily sent back to Hiroshima for the first time in 67 years to go ...

Syed Omar's gravesite at a Buddhist temple in Kyoto. The grave is aligned in the direction of Mecca in accordance with Muslim practice. Local residents, as well as some from Hiroshima, gather at ...

"While the memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are fading from ... After the all-clear was sounded, she went to the nearby temple, where children in her neighbourhood would study instead of going ...

Colin Innes Colin and Kaori at Momoyama temple in Hiroshima When I first moved to Hiroshima, I knew little about its history. But I met a woman called Kaori, who told me the story of Michiko ...

Ginkgo Biloba&#039s lineage dates back more than 290 million years to the Permian period, even predating the era of the ...

Members of Nihon Hidankyo, a group of hibakusha, made a visit Wednesday to a cenotaph for deceased victims in Hiroshima to mark its receipt of this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Toshiyuki Mimaki ...