The Great Buddha statue of the temple Tōdaiji is today a symbol not just of Nara, where it rests, but of Japanese Buddhism and Japan itself. Built 13 centuries ago, it has weathered fires and ...
Located in the coastal city of Kamakura in the Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan, Kōtoku-in is widely known for its Great Buddha, a 37-meter tall bronze statue that greets those who visit the sacred ...
NARA--UNESCO World Heritage Todaiji temple was filled with the heavenly sight of flying white-robed priests vigorously dusting the towering Great Buddha statue ahead of the Obon holidays. Around ...
The nine Korean smugglers who took the statue out of Japan also stole a standing Buddha statue in stone, but Korean prosecutors returned it in 2015, as there was no evidence that it originated in ...
HIROSHIMA--A large, ancient statue of Buddha, displayed near ground zero ... It was greeted with great fanfare at the time. Large memorial services were held for atomic bomb victims on Aug.
The organization that contracted them was, at that time, the only employer of wooden Buddha restorers in Japan ... the statue dating as far back as six centuries ago. Numajiri found his great ...
The infant she holds is said to be 15 meters long, the same height as the famous Great Buddha statue at ... Now, the statue poses a safety problem. Japan's building code requires structures ...
A 57m (187ft) Buddhist statue dedicated to the Goddess of Mercy, Kannon, in central Japan has been draped with a giant face covering. Temple managers in Aizuwakamatsu plan to keep the figure ...