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 ...

MITO--A district court has ordered the government to compensate the family of a Cameroonian man who died in detention at the Higashi-Nihon Immigration Center in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture.

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 ...