Visitors can climb the six floors within the statue's hollow interior and peer out the eyes of one of the world’s largest Buddha statues ... during the Sino-Japanese War, one of the bloodiest ...

USHIKU: Emerging from the head of the world's tallest bronze Buddha and climbing down to its right ear, two specialist cleaners gave the imposing Japanese statue an annual spruce up Monday (Sept 9 ...

Stone Buddha statues stand quietly in the garden of Hashimoto-in Temple. Amid the falling snow, spring flowers are beginning to bloom. Brilliant crimson camellias and adorable pale pink flowers ...