MOUNT HIEI: This mountain, the highest on Kyoto's Eastern perimeter, is located exactly to the Northeast of the city. The deities of Shimogamo Shrine are believed to reside on Mount Hiei and an ...

A descendant of the famed warlord Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582) attended a memorial service held at Enryakuji temple on Mount Hiei on Sept. 12, the 450th anniversary of the atrocity, to commemorate the ...

The Tendai sect in Japan was founded in 806 by Dengyo Daishi Saicho. Its head temple is Enryakuji on Mount Hiei in Otsu. Daisojo is the highest rank among priests, and there are currently only six ...

Bouldering: thanks to her ascent of Horizon at Mount Hiei in Japan, the 14-year-old American climber Ashima Shiraishi has become the first woman in the world to climb an 8C boulder problem.

14-year-old American climber Ashima Shiraishi becomes the first woman to send an 8C boulder problem with her repeat of Horizon at Mount Hiei in Japan. © Brett Lowell ...

We want to make trains that people want to ride,” Ishiba said while sharing a train to Kyoto's Mount Hiei together with Maehara in 2020. Ishiba, who was then considered an outsider in the ...

For the latest chapter of Endurance Test, Los Angeles-based director Ivan Olita talks about his portrait of the monks of Mount Hiei, Japan, where spiritual practices hearken back thousand of years ...