The Hiroshima Daibutsu (big Buddha statue) is currently enshrined at Gokurakuji temple in Ando, Nara Prefecture, and will be temporarily sent back to Hiroshima for the first time in 67 years to go ...

Today this cast-bronze statue is known throughout the world as the Nara Daibutsu, or Great Buddha, and Tōdaiji is both the principal attraction in Nara, drawing many people from throughout Japan ...

Tōdai-ji, located in Nara, is one of Japan's historic gems. It is home to the bronze statue of the Great Buddha (Daibutsu), which is also one of the largest bronze statues in the world.

Built in 1984, this temple houses the Showa Daibutsu (an enormous bronze seated statue of Buddha, larger than the one in Nara), a main hall built with natural Aomori Hiba, and temples that include one ...