It was with such thoughts that I visited Ushiku Daibutsu in Ibaraki Prefecture. It’s genuinely gargantuan--one of the tallest Buddha statues in the world, seemingly soaring to the heavens with a ...

Using high-pressure water guns, the pair blasted dust and bird droppings off the Ushiku Daibutsu monument, which soars skywards over Ushiku city, northeast of Tokyo. The 120-metre (393-foot ...

Amabiki Kannon is a travel destination where you can enjoy from spring to summer. The Ushiku Daibutsu in Ibaraki Prefecture is the tallest bronze Buddha statue in the world. With a total height of ...

128 m (420 ft): The tallest Buddha statue, located in Henan Province, features a serene figure of Vairocana Buddha on a lotus ...

Ushiku Daibutsu (one of the three largest Buddha statues in the world), and Lake Kasumigaura (the second largest lake in Japan) A luxury private dining experience featuring local produce, served in a ...

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 ...

Under international law, asylum seekers cannot be deported. Thomas Ash, director of the documentary "Ushiku" is a devout Christian. He says he is on a mission to improve the situation of ...