Local fire departments in the prefecture conducted a rescue training exercise with the 120-meter-tall Buddha statue that holds the Guinness World Record for height here on Dec. 10.

Returning from a Japanese funeral, I paused in front of my "genkan" entrance and, from my bag, pulled out the white envelope that I had received. I felt the envelope for salt, but it was missing and ...

It seems human beings have always had a bit of an obsession with the world’s tallest things. From the arguably mythical existence of the Tower of Babel during the dawn of historical writing, the ...

A silhouette of Buddha emerges against the sun as a thick fog covers fields and houses in Toride, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 30, 2022. The Ushiku Daibutsu statue in the prefectural city of Ushiku was ...

MITO, Japan, March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ibaraki Prefectural Government has wrapped up tourist attractions -- especially for visitors from abroad -- featuring flowers blooming in spring, and ...

If you’ve ever taken the Ken-o Expressway to Narita International Airport, you passed an unforgettably large statue of Buddha. About two hours northeast of Yokota Air Base, in a suburb of Tsukuba ...