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Prime Minister Fukuda meets shuttle Discovery crew members

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (4th from L) poses with crew members of U.S. Space Shuttle Discovery -- Michael Fossum (L), Kenneth Ham (2nd from L), Mark Kelly (3rd from L), Akihiko Hoshide (4th from R), Karen Nyberg (3rd from R), Garrett Reisman (2nd from R) and Ronald Garan -- at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 29.

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Copy of "Ryokai Mandara" dedicated to Kongobuji

A copy of the "Ryokai Mandara," an important national cultural property, hangs at the main temple hall of the Danjo Garan, the central area of Mt. Koya where major Buddhist services are held, at Kongobuji, the head temple of the Koyasan Shingon Sect of Buddhism in Koya Town, Wakayama Prefecture, on July 3, 2015. The copy, made by Toppan Printing Co. using the latest digital technology, was dedicated to the temple the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Video image projected onto huge pagoda at Koyasan World Heritage site

A giant video image of Buddha is projected on May 13, 2015, onto the Konpon Daito Pagoda in the Danjo Garan area, a heartland of the Shingon school of Buddhism in the Koyasan (Mt. Koya) region in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, which is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The occasion was an illumination show using laser beams. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Minamisanriku drum group dedicates performance at Mt. Koya

A Japanese drum group from the 2011 tsunami-hit Minamisanriku Town, Miyagi Prefecture, performs at Danjo Garan, the central area of Mt. Koya where major Buddhist services are conducted, in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on April 11, 2015. A series of events to mark the 1,200th anniversary of the founding of the Mt. Koya monastery by Kobo Daishi are being held from April 2 to May 21. Koyasan Shingon Buddhist sect has donated 11 drums to the group, which lost their drums in the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drum performance of Minamisanriku dedicated to Mt. Koya

Members of a Japanese drum group from the 2011 tsunami-hit Minamisanriku Town, Miyagi Prefecture, perform at Danjo Garan, the central area of Mt. Koya where major Buddhist services are conducted, in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on April 11, 2015. A series of events to mark the 1,200th anniversary of the founding of the Mt. Koya monastery by Kobo Daishi are being held from April 2 to May 21. Koyasan Shingon Buddhist sect has donated 11 drums to the group, which lost their drums in the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1,200 years since start of monastic settlement on Mt. Koya

Photo taken on March 31, 2015 shows Konpon Daito Pagoda, built by renowned monk Kukai and one of the most prominent buildings of the Danjo Garan temple complex on Mt. Koya in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. Buddhist services will be held daily from April 2 to May 21, 2015 to commemorate the 1,200th anniversary of monastic settlement. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prime Minister Fukuda meets shuttle Discovery crew members

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (4th from L) poses with crew members of U.S. Space Shuttle Discovery -- Michael Fossum (L), Kenneth Ham (2nd from L), Mark Kelly (3rd from L), Akihiko Hoshide (4th from R), Karen Nyberg (3rd from R), Garrett Reisman (2nd from R) and Ronald Garan -- at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 29. (Kyodo)