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 ...

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 ...

A 14th-century Buddhist statue will travel from here to Japan on May 10 after Korea ... the relic following a 100-day ceremony through Buddha’s Birthday on May 5 that included public viewing ...

NOBEOKA, Miyazaki -- One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835), posthumously called Kobo Daishi, at Imayama Daishi temple in this southwestern Japan city was purified ...

An imposing statue of Amitābha Buddha has been unearthed at Yakjon-ri site, with ceramic and tile finds confirming it dates ...

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 ...

Japan is on the bucket list for many world ... a nearly 50-foot-tall Great Buddha statue. This UNESCO World Heritage site is part of a sprawling temple complex that encompasses part of Nara ...

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.