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Japanese novelist Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata (C) attends the funeral of Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima on Jan. 24, 1971, at Tokyo's Tsukiji Hongwanji temple.

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Int'l Day of Yoga event in Tokyo

People practice yoga during an event hosted by the Indian Embassy in Japan to mark the U.N.-designated International Day of Yoga on June 21, 2023, at Tokyo's Tsukiji Hongwanji temple.

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Year-end cleanup at Kyoto temple

People beat the dust out of the straw-mat floor during year-end cleaning at Hongwanji (Nishihongwanji) temple in Kyoto on Dec.20, 2022.

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Year-end cleanup at Kyoto temple

People beat the dust out of the straw-mat floor during year-end cleaning at Hongwanji (Nishihongwanji) temple in Kyoto on Dec.20, 2022.

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Year-end cleanup at Kyoto temple

People beat the dust out of the straw-mat floor during year-end cleaning at Hongwanji (Nishihongwanji) temple in Kyoto on Dec.20, 2022.

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Record reveals Shinsengumi struggled in summer heat

KYOTO, Japan - A woman shows a temple record in Kyoto on Sept. 2, 2014, which revealed that Hijikata Toshizo, deputy commander of the Shinsengumi security force for the Edo shogunate, asked Nishi-Hongwanji, a Buddhist temple where the force was stationed between March 1865 to June 1867 in Kyoto, to provide more space for its members to give them relief from the scorching summer heat.

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Records show exchanges between Hijikata, temple

KYOTO, Japan - The Hongwanji research center in Kyoto discloses on Sept. 2, 2014, documents including records of exchanges between Hijikata Toshizo, deputy commander of the Shinsengumi security force for the Edo shogunate, and Nishi-Hongwanji, a Buddhist temple where the force was stationed between March 1865 to June 1867 in Kyoto.

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29 foreigners train to become Buddhist monks

KYOTO, Japan - Twenty-nine foreigners begin an 11-day training session at Nishi Hongwanji Temple in Kyoto on Oct. 6 to become Buddhist monks. The novices come from six countries, including Canada, Germany and the United States.

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Japanese-Americans hope imperial visit reawakens Japanese identit

HONOLULU, United States - Lois Yasui, 67-year-old president of the United Japanese Society of Hawaii, speaks at the Buddhist temple of Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii in Honolulu on July 13. (Kyodo)

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Daigenkan-mon(Grand Entrance gate)at Nishi Hongwanji Temple

There was a banner of exhibition on the gatepost and it seems the site of first exhibition in Japan 1871.==Date:1871?, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number71‐41‐0]

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Records show exchanges between Hijikata, temple

KYOTO, Japan - The Hongwanji research center in Kyoto discloses on Sept. 2, 2014, documents including records of exchanges between Hijikata Toshizo, deputy commander of the Shinsengumi security force for the Edo shogunate, and Nishi-Hongwanji, a Buddhist temple where the force was stationed between March 1865 to June 1867 in Kyoto. (Kyodo)

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29 foreigners train to become Buddhist monks

KYOTO, Japan - Twenty-nine foreigners begin an 11-day training session at Nishi Hongwanji Temple in Kyoto on Oct. 6 to become Buddhist monks. The novices come from six countries, including Canada, Germany and the United States. (Kyodo)