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 ...

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 ...

One client asked them to make a small Kannon Goddess of Mercy statue with a face resembling a relative ... on more than 70 wooden Buddha statues throughout Japan. Examples of Sanjoudou's ...

Nara was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. During this period the framework of national government was consolidated and Nara enjoyed great prosperity, emerging as the fountainhead of Japanese ...

Returning from a Japanese funeral ... It’s genuinely gargantuan--one of the tallest Buddha statues in the world, seemingly soaring to the heavens with a height of 120 meters.

Lisa’s Wanderings Around Japan/ Ushiku Buddha: Finding one’s way to the Pure Land in massive Ibaraki statue January 25, 2022 Daigoji temple plans to expand from Kyoto to outer space in ’23 ...

Every day, watched by four gilded Buddha statues, a Japanese Buddhist monk drums his ... The Buddha's hands and face are more-or-less life-size, but the body is smaller, and he sits cross-legged ...

Every day, watched by four gilded Buddha statues, a Japanese Buddhist monk drums his ... The Buddha's hands and face are more-or-less life-size, but the body is smaller, and he sits cross-legged ...