Rice prices in Japan have continued to rise for 15 consecutive weeks despite the release of crops stockpiled by the ...

NARA--Daianji temple ... Daianji is Japan’s first temple founded by the government. Its predecessor was Daikandaiji temple from the Asuka Period (592-710), and it was relocated to its current ...

during the Nara Period (710-784) when Nara was the capital of Japan, only to be destroyed later in a fire and a war. The existing hall, which rises to a height of about 15 meters, was rebuilt in ...

The flowering plants were introduced to Japan almost 800 years ago in the Nara period, when envoys brought seeds over from China to use in medicine. Since then they have been embraced by people ...

It is thought that kites were first introduced to Japan by Buddhist monks who came from China in the Nara period (710-794 CE). Kites were used for practical purposes, such as lifting materials to ...