NAHA—A pair of “Nio” Buddhist deity statues that stood guard at Enkakuji temple here from the 15th ... that the statues were initially made of Japanese nutmeg trees from around the 15th ...

Blue-and-white flycatchers and Japanese pygmy ... temple grounds. The temple is also famous for its moss garden featuring seven stone statues of “warabe jizo,” the guardian deity of children.

They called their venture Sanjoudou, which in Japanese means "combining ... project is a pair of 700-year-old Nio guardian statues for Saishoji, a temple with 1,300 years of history, also in ...