Colored glass slide photo. From the collection of Japanese images of James A. B. Scherer. He was the president of the Throop College of Technology (former name of the California Institute of ...

Photo: Getty Images/John W Banagan Japan: The Great Buddha of Kamakura Japan, Kamakura Prefecture: the Great Buddha ('Daibutsu') is one of Japan's most celebrated Buddhist figures. The 40-foot ...

The cherry blossoms herald the full arrival of spring in Japan ... Kamakura’s official tree, and other varieties blooming in the hills that surround the city. In about a kilometer, the Buddhist temple ...

It's great news for tourism, but not so rosy for the overall economy. Kamakura ... the Great Buddha. They plan to spend about 4,000 pounds, or 5,000 dollars, during their stay in Japan.

HIROSHIMA--A large, ancient statue of Buddha, displayed near ground zero ... meters tall and believed to have been made during the Kamakura Period (1185-1333), in or around 1200.

The Japanese government on Friday ... due to the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923. In Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, the 121 ton Great Buddha was reported to have been shifted by more than ...