“Like a little meditation?” I venture. “Exactly,” he replies, emphatically, validating our shared moment of mindfulness.

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Gakyu Miyamoto sat on a tatami mat inside, carving a statue of the Buddhist guardian deity Idaten ... Miyamoto studies sculptures from Japan and abroad. For modern touches, he sometimes borrows ...

Workers covered up the iconic Hachiko dog statue in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward on October 30 ahead of Halloween. The popular tourist spot will be blocked off until November 1. The ward has also put up a ...

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The globular faceted body supported on the flat base by three bracket feet and moulded with panels depicting scholars and attendants in landscapes of pine and overhanging rocks, the cover surmounted ...