the second museum in Japan, in April 1895. In the years leading up to its opening, special exhibitions had been held 18 times from 1875 in the corridors of Todaiji temple’s Great Buddha Hall and ...

The trio in their 30s ― Naka Ai, Imura Kasumi, and Morisaki Reiko, ― make up Sanjoudou, a wooden Buddha restoration workshop. They set it up seven years ago to help protect Japan's cultural ...

The android edition of Kannon, also known as Kanjizai Bosatsu, talked to the audience at Kodaiji temple in Higashiyama Ward on a recent day with the hope of sharing the teachings of Buddha.