The Hiroshima Daibutsu (big Buddha statue) is currently enshrined at Gokurakuji temple in Ando, Nara Prefecture, and will be temporarily sent back to Hiroshima for the first time in 67 years to go ...

Tsubosakadera temple in Takatori, Nara Prefecture, is known as a place where people can come to pray for eye diseases to be ...

NARA--CT scans revealed a miniature Monju-bosatsu ... “There are other cases of statues found inside Buddha statues, but it is very rare to find they were placed in such a careful manner ...

One of Nara's most famous spots is the imposing Todaiji Temple, a national treasure that houses an enormous Daibutsu, a nearly 50-foot-tall Great Buddha statue. This UNESCO World Heritage site is ...

The large Kannon statue looks kindly on everyone. Temple sells eye drops, lens cleaner, candy Before the eighth century in Yamato - present-day Nara Prefecture ... of the Great Buddha wearing ...

The large Kannon statue looks kindly on everyone. Before the eighth century in Yamato — present-day Nara Prefecture — an event called ... such as lens cleaning cloths with images of the Great Buddha ...

Nara's cherry blossom (sakura ... he expanded it by converting tombstones and Buddha statues for use in the walls. This rough "nozura" stone wall remains to this day, and its visible upside-down ...

Nara's symbol, the world's largest bronze statue of Rushana Daibutsu is seated in the Great Buddha Hall located in the vast grounds. The temple has been designated as a World Heritage site. A temple ...