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 ...

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. Around ...

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 ...

Self-guided Japan Itinerary options with 5, 10 days and 2 weeks in Japan. Our Japan Itinerary 10 days includes Tokyo, Kyoto ...

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 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 ...

Torso of Buddha statue unearthed at Ta Prohm Temple, Cambodia. TA PROHM, CAMBODIA—Archaeologists discovered the torso of a ...

While excavating the Ta Prohm temple in Angkor in 1927, a team of archaeologists discovered the head (and only the head) of a ...