The 76.5-cm-high Goho Doji statue is thought to have been created during the latter part of the Kamakura Period (1185-1333). At Enryakuji, the deity is also considered the patron saint of ascetics ...

It is a gilded wooden statue about four meters tall and believed to have been made during the Kamakura Period (1185-1333), in or around 1200. Over the centuries, it moved from one place to another ...

Known for its magnificent 11-faced statue of Kannon and beautiful hydrangeas in early summer, Kamakura’s Hasedera temple is ...

Wonderful statues around the world are far more than those little snowmen and mermaids you made in your childhood. These ...

Stock/Getty Images Plus On the southern coast of Japan, not far from Tokyo, travelers leave the city behind in favor of a ...