One of the largest statues of the Buddha in the United States rises 30 ... Among them: a Princeton University professor who grew up in a Korean Christian church and who follows Tibetan Buddhism ...

The trio in their 30s ― Naka Ai, Imura Kasumi, and Morisaki Reiko, ― make up Sanjoudou, a wooden Buddha restoration ... Tamano placed a hand-written scroll in the statue's torso.

It is also the site of the world's largest stone statue of Buddha. The Great Buddha at Leshan This colossal statue was carved on a cliff on Soaring to the Clouds Hill facing the three rivers.