Here’s how to explore the best of Japan’s capital, from summer festivals and less-visited neighborhoods to day trips to World ...

Archaeologists discovered an ancient Buddha statue at a North Korean site, which is about a thousand years old. Researchers ...

In the center of the hall is the main image, a 2.7-meter seated statue of Amida Buddha. Sculpted in the Japanese style (wayō), this image, an important cultural property, dates from the late ...

We’ve spent 5 weeks traveling around Japan in the spring and fall seasons, and during both trips we made sure to visit Nara ...

HIROSHIMA--A large, ancient statue of Buddha, displayed near ground zero ... It was greeted with great fanfare at the time. Large memorial services were held for atomic bomb victims on Aug ...

The slips are likely from a list of those who made donations for the creation of the Buddhist statue in the hope of forming stronger bonds with Buddha ... (The page is in Japanese.

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

Tarzi has spent seven years probing the ground beneath the niches in search of the fabled statue. He has uncovered ... ground at its base. "If the great Buddha exists," he said, "it's there ...

April 20, 2025, Most Venerable Tirikunamale Ananda Mahâ Thera, the Mahânâyaka Thera or Prelate of the Amarapura Sri ...

FOR racegoers travelling to Hong Kong for FWD Champions Day, or at any other time of the year, there is plenty of time to ...

Longstanding community groups continue to hold up Japanese Americans in Altadena and Pasadena. Will their support be enough?

Though sandstone succumbs easily to the chisel, it erodes quickly in rain. The survival of this Buddha and its grottoes, like many in the region, including the famed Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, is due ...