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 statue looks like a good-natured old man and that is very rare because statues of a god are normally designed to show dignity,” said Yoichi Hase, a professor of Japanese sculpture history ...

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 ...

USHIKU: Emerging from the head of the world's tallest bronze Buddha and climbing down to its right ear, two specialist cleaners gave the imposing Japanese statue an annual spruce up Monday (Sept 9 ...

Returning from a Japanese ... one of the tallest Buddha statues in the world, seemingly soaring to the heavens with a height of 120 meters. The world’s largest bronze statue of Buddha is so ...

Start your biking adventure from Changhua’s iconic Big Buddha statue Sponsor Content Paid for by Taiwan Tourism The phrase “looking at the world through another’s eyes” has new meaning ...

With festivals taking place throughout the year in Tokyo, you have a good chance that your trip will coincide with a ...

An all-star reboot of the lost classic 1934 film, The Giant Buddha Statue's Travel Through The Country, made with the cooperation of director Yoshiro Edamasa's grandson. From Japan, a modern kaiju ...