One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835), posthumously called Kobo Daishi, at Imayama Daishi ...

A survey by NHK and landmark expert Tsugawa Yasuo identified at least 15 giant Kannon statues in Japan. Tsugawa says the statues built during the bubble era were less about religious significance ...

A "great bathing" event to clean one of the largest bronze statues of Kobo Daishi in Japan was held at Imayama Daishi temple in the city of Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture, on March 26. The statue is ...

When he and Kazumi Minowa, 51, first took on the annual duty, “we had no idea how to clean the statue and faced many difficulties, like our bodies being rolled and blown around by the wind ...

There are more than 20,000 large and small Buddhist and Christian stone markers and unmarked graves of war dead, as well as a giant statue of Kannon, the goddess of mercy in Japanese Buddhism ...

The towering statue, Sendai Daikannon ... Sun artwork building in Osaka Prefecture’s Suita as well as giant sculptures outside Japan. Information on the latest cherry blossom conditions.