“Because of the Goshuin, shrines have become closer to ... a religion professor at Hokkaido University. Historically, Buddhism arrived in Japan in the 6th century and took root.

Over centuries, Buddhist shrines have been very much part and parcel of our culture and heritage. The artistic creations related to these shrines bear testimony to a great civilisation that existed ...

That sounds like an airport code, but it’s what I saw in several pamphlets referring to Jozankei, a hot spring resort area in Hokkaido near ... Jozan (1805-1877), a Buddhist monk.

Families flocked to the harbourfront to enjoy matcha ice cream, lemonade bars lined the pedestrian alleys and narrow lanes cut through the hillside town past a series of Buddhist shrines known as ...