Temples, Buddhist

Image of an unidentified pagoda in Japan with a water feature in the foreground.

The Todaiji Temple in Nara, Japan, is a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural (UNESCO) world heritage site and houses Japan's largest Buddha and is purported to be the largest wooden structure in the world.

The Ofuna Kannon Buddhist temple near Kamakura, Japan, taken from the Tokai Do railway line.

The Ofuna Kannon Buddhist temple near Kamakura, Japan, taken from the Tokai Do railway line.

View of the Horyuji Temple's five-story pagoda and the outer walls of the temple complex in Ikaruga, Japan.

The five-story pagoda of the Horyuji Temple complex in Ikaruga, Japan.

The five-story pagoda in the Horyuji Temple complex in Ikaruga, Japan.

Stone Buddha statue at Ryoanji temple in Kyoto, Japan.

View of Sarusawa-no-ike Pond in Nara, Japan with the five-story pagoda of Kofukuji temple in the background.

Wooden statue of Binzuru, a disciple of Buddha, adorned with head and neck scarves at the Todaiji temple in Nara, Japan.