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 ...

Imura and Morisaki promptly agreed. Naka Ai carves a replacement halo for a Buddha statue. They called their venture Sanjoudou, which in Japanese means "combining the power of three" and based ...

The Buddha statues at Horyuji Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the ancient capital of Nara in western Japan, have received their annual year-end cleaning. Ten monks entered the temple's ...

On Monday they carried rope and buckets of water up ladders to the very top of the Buddha, which is three times as tall as the Statue of Liberty without its plinth. They then descended through the ...

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.

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 ...

The Peter the Great Statue: It is 98-metre-high (322 ft) monument located in central Moscow, Russia. The Ushiku Great Buddha: It is located in Ushiku, Japan. It stands a total of 120 metres (390 ...