Nijō, on the border between Nara and Osaka, and gave it its present name. During the Asuka period (593–710), the Kondō (Golden Hall), with its seated image of Miroku (Maitreya), the Buddha of ...

The Hiroshima Daibutsu (big Buddha statue) is currently enshrined at Gokurakuji temple in Ando, Nara Prefecture ... have been made during the Kamakura Period (1185-1333), in or around 1200.

The Sand Museum in Tottori Sand Dunes, titled “Travel Around the World in Sand: Japan,” features 19 elaborate sand sculptures ...

A never-seen-before photo of Michael Hutchence getting ready for a gig around Listen Like Thieves period ... front of the biggest Buddha in the world at a temple in Nara. And they did administer ...

Looking for day trip options within a two-hour drive of Tokyo? These destinations offer many architectural, cultural, and fascinating features.

The Buddhist statues include the statue representing the birth of Buddha (National Treasure) from the Nara period and a figure of Senju Kannon Bosatsu, or Thousand-Armed Kannon Bodhisattva (Important ...

Inside, the principal object of worship is a statue of Shakyamuni Buddha, flanked by statues of the Medicine ... Ashura Statue The National Treasure Hall at Kofukuji recreates the original Nara-period ...

Head to the Hayward Gallery to dive into the creative world of celebrated Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara, in the largest ... of these world religions such as Buddha, and how they spread across ...