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Kai Zenkoji temple

Photo taken April 25, 2024, shows the Kai Zenkoji Buddhist temple, in Kofu in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo.

M6.7 quake hits Nagano, central Japan

NAGANO, Japan - The stone base of a belfry at Zenkoji Temple in the city of Nagano lies partly destroyed on Nov. 23, 2014, a day after a magnitude-6.7 earthquake hit Nagano Prefecture and surrounding areas in central Japan. Zenkoji, founded in the 7th century, is one of the most popular temples in Japan.

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M6.7 quake hit Nagano, central Japan

NAGANO, Japan - A stone lantern at Zenkoji Temple in the city of Nagano lies collapsed on Nov. 23, 2014, a day after a magnitude-6.7 earthquake hit Nagano Prefecture and surrounding areas in central Japan. Zenkoji, founded in the 7th century, is one of the most popular temples in Japan.

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7 mil. visitors expected for rare opening of temple image

TOKYO, Japan - Monks at Zenkoji Temple and tourism officials in Nagano, central Japan, announce at a press conference in Tokyo on July 8, 2014, plans for a rare opening to the public next year of the principal image enshrined at the temple. They expect seven million visitors during the event scheduled for April 5 to May 31, 2015, held once every six years, compared with 6.73 million visitors during the previous opening in 2009.

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Dalai Lama at Japan temple

NAGANO, Japan - The Dalai Lama joins his hands in prayer during a service for peace at Zenkoji Temple in Nagano, central Japan, on June 19, 2010. The Tibetan spiritual leader arrived in Japan the previous day for an 11-day stay at the temple's invitation.

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Dalai Lama arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - The Dalai Lama arrives at Narita airport east of Tokyo on June 18, 2010. The Tibetan spiritual leader came to Japan at the invitation of Zenkoji, a Buddhist temple in Nagano, for an 11-day stay.

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Beijing Olympic flame reaches Nagano for relay Saturday

NAGANO, Japan - Pro-Tibetan protesters demonstrate near Zenkoji Temple in Nagano on April 25, a day before the Beijing Olympic torch relay in the city. The Olympic flame was bused into in the city guarded by an entourage of about 130 people, after arriving at Haneda airport in Tokyo from the Australian capital Canberra.

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Beijing Olympic flame reaches Nagano for relay Saturday

NAGANO, Japan - Pro-Tibetan protesters demonstrate near Zenkoji Temple in Nagano on April 25, a day before the Beijing Olympic torch relay in the city. The Olympic flame was bused into in the city guarded by an entourage of about 130 people, after arriving at Haneda airport in Tokyo from the Australian capital Canberra.

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Graffiti found at Zenkoji temple in Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - A policeman checks graffiti on the main building of Zenkoji Buddhist Temple in the city of Nagano on April 20. Circles and lines were found drawn with white spray paint at six points on the main building. The temple declined on April 18 to serve as the starting point of the Japan leg of the Beijing Olympic torch relay.

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Zenkoji Temple declines Olympic torch relay role

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of Zenkoji Temple in Nagano City communicate the temple's decision to decline to serve as the starting point for the Nagano leg of the Beijing Olympic torch relay to the municipal Olympic planning committee April 18. Under the original plan, events such as a torch-lighting ceremony were to have been held at a site set up in the Buddhist temple's compound from 8 a.m. on April 26.

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(2)Special Olympic flame arrives in Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - The two flames of the Special Olympics World Winter Games are merged at Zenkoji Temple in the city of Nagano on Feb. 25. The flame was divided into two and carried around Nagano Prefecture on separate routes for six days. The Special Olympics get under way Feb. 26.

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(1)Special Olympic flame arrives at Zenkoji Temple

NAGANO, Japan - The flame of the Special Olympics World Winter Games arrived at Zenkoji Temple in the city of Nagano on Feb. 25. The Special Olympics get under way Feb. 26.

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Zenkoji temple exhibits copy of Buddhist image

NAGANO, Japan - Zenkoji, a famous Buddhist temple in the city of Nagano, puts a copy of its main Buddhist image on public display April 6. The event is held every seven years. The original image, ''Ikko Sanzon Amida Nyorai,'' is considered to be the first Buddhist image ever to enter Japan and has never been shown to the public.

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Bell of Zenkoji Temple announce

The bell of Nagano's Zenkoji Temple signals the opening of the Nagano Winter Olympics on Feb. 7.

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TV crews broadcast from Nagano

On the eve of the Nagano Winter Games an overseas reporter sends Olympic news to TV viewers back home from Nagano's Zenkoji Temple on Feb. 5.

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(2)Special Olympic flame arrives in Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - The two flames of the Special Olympics World Winter Games are merged at Zenkoji Temple in the city of Nagano on Feb. 25. The flame was divided into two and carried around Nagano Prefecture on separate routes for six days. The Special Olympics get under way Feb. 26. (Kyodo)

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Zenkoji Temple declines Olympic torch relay role

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of Zenkoji Temple in Nagano City communicate the temple's decision to decline to serve as the starting point for the Nagano leg of the Beijing Olympic torch relay to the municipal Olympic planning committee April 18. Under the original plan, events such as a torch-lighting ceremony were to have been held at a site set up in the Buddhist temple's compound from 8 a.m. on April 26. (Kyodo)

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(1)Special Olympic flame arrives at Zenkoji Temple

NAGANO, Japan - The flame of the Special Olympics World Winter Games arrived at Zenkoji Temple in the city of Nagano on Feb. 25. The Special Olympics get under way Feb. 26. (Kyodo)

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Rugby fans rush to Buddha statue resembling popular player

Combination photo shows a Buddha statue at the Seki Zenkoji temple in Seki, Gifu Prefecture in central Japan, on Nov. 18, 2015, and Japanese rugby player Ayumu Goromaru preparing to kick on Sept. 23, 2015. The number of visitors to the temple has tripled since late October and the World Cup in England as rugby fans flock there to see the statue they think resembles Goromaru's signature pose. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Zenkoji Temple in central Japan to show hidden statue in rare event

Zenkoji Temple in Nagano, central Japan, is pictured on March 6, 2015, ahead of the opening of its hidden Buddha statue to the public from April 5 through May 31 in a special event held every six years. The statue is a replacement of the temple's "real" hidden Buddha statue that is never shown to the public. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police arrest woman for alleged vandalism at central Japan temple

Photo taken on Oct. 9, 2017, shows a column of Zenkoji temple in Nagano, central Japan, marked with an "x," one of more than 100 markings found there. Police arrested a 47-year-old woman on Oct. 10 for alleged vandalism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Large crowd observes special services at Zenkoji temple

A large number of people observe special Buddhist services, called "Chunichi-teigi Daihoyo," at the Zenkoji Buddhist temple in the city of Nagano, Japan, on April 25, 2015, during the Gokaicho period. Gokaicho is a ceremony held once every seven years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Zenkoji temple holds "Chunichi-teigi Daihoyo" services

The Zenkoji Buddhist temple in the city of Nagano, Japan, holds special services, called "Chunichi-teigi Daihoyo," on April 25, 2015, during the Gokaicho period. Gokaicho is a ceremony held once every seven years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Beijing Olympic flame reaches Nagano for relay Saturday

NAGANO, Japan - Pro-Tibetan protesters demonstrate near Zenkoji Temple in Nagano on April 25, a day before the Beijing Olympic torch relay in the city. The Olympic flame was bused into in the city guarded by an entourage of about 130 people, after arriving at Haneda airport in Tokyo from the Australian capital Canberra. (Kyodo)

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Beijing Olympic flame reaches Nagano for relay Saturday

NAGANO, Japan - Pro-Tibetan protesters demonstrate near Zenkoji Temple in Nagano on April 25, a day before the Beijing Olympic torch relay in the city. The Olympic flame was bused into in the city guarded by an entourage of about 130 people, after arriving at Haneda airport in Tokyo from the Australian capital Canberra. (Kyodo)

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Graffiti found at Zenkoji temple in Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - A policeman checks graffiti on the main building of Zenkoji Buddhist Temple in the city of Nagano on April 20. Circles and lines were found drawn with white spray paint at six points on the main building. The temple declined on April 18 to serve as the starting point of the Japan leg of the Beijing Olympic torch relay. (Kyodo)

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The temple at Amida Pond

Wakoji Temple was established in 1698 at Kitahorie in Nishi Ward, Osaka. Legend has it that Honda Zenko saw an apparition of the Buddha at this pond in 600 and constructed Zenkoji Temple in Shinano (Nagano Prefecture) to worship this apparition. This temple is a popular tourist attraction in Osaka. Mid-Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Osaka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number71‐10‐0]

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Zenkoji Temple

The facade of the main building of Zenkoji (presently Motozenmachi of Nagano City). Zenkoji was met by fire 12 times in the past, but reconstruction has followed every time to the present. The subject of this photo is that rebuilt in 1707.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number37‐88‐0]

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Path to Zenkoji Temple

The city at the foot of the temple leading to the Nio Gate of Zenkoji. The present Nio Gate was reconstructed in 1918, with the statue of Nio by Takamura Koun etc. placed in the gate.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number37‐84‐0]

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The Main Temple of Zenkoji

The main temple and the tower burned down 8 times. The present temple was restored in 1707(the 4th year of Hoei). The third largest wooden temple in Japan after the Great Buddha temple in Todaiji and Sanjusangendo in Nara, it is 23.7m wide, 52.8m deep, and 28m tall. The only difference between this photo and the one taken during the second decade of the Meiji period is that in this photo the corridor was painted red.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number12‐13‐0]

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Dalai Lama at Japan temple

NAGANO, Japan - The Dalai Lama joins his hands in prayer during a service for peace at Zenkoji Temple in Nagano, central Japan, on June 19, 2010. The Tibetan spiritual leader arrived in Japan the previous day for an 11-day stay at the temple's invitation. (Kyodo)

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Dalai Lama arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - The Dalai Lama arrives at Narita airport east of Tokyo on June 18, 2010. The Tibetan spiritual leader came to Japan at the invitation of Zenkoji, a Buddhist temple in Nagano, for an 11-day stay. (Kyodo)

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M6.7 quake hit Nagano, central Japan

NAGANO, Japan - A stone lantern at Zenkoji Temple in the city of Nagano lies collapsed on Nov. 23, 2014, a day after a magnitude-6.7 earthquake hit Nagano Prefecture and surrounding areas in central Japan. Zenkoji, founded in the 7th century, is one of the most popular temples in Japan. (Kyodo)

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The Main Temple of Zenkoji

The Main Temple of Zenkoji==Date:Early Meiji, Place:Nagano, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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1st weekend after Tokyo added to travel subsidy program

A commercial street leading to Zenkoji temple in Nagano, central Japan, is crowded with tourists on Oct. 4, 2020, the first weekend after the Japanese capital was added to the "Go To Travel" government subsidy program to shore up domestic tourism that has been battered by the coronavirus pandemic.

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New coronavirus

A bell is rung at Zenkoji Temple in Nagano, central Japan, on May 8, 2020, to thank medical workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

A bell is rung at Zenkoji Temple in Nagano, central Japan, on May 8, 2020, to thank medical workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Zenkoji Temple lit up

Combined photo shows Zenkoji Temple's main building lit up in five colors in Nagano, central Japan, on Feb. 6, 2019, during an annual lantern festival being held through Feb. 11 in commemoration of the 1998 Winter Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Zenkoji Temple lit up

Zenkoji Temple's main building is lit up in red in Nagano, central Japan, on Feb. 6, 2019, during an annual lantern festival being held through Feb. 11 in commemoration of the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Zenkoji Temple lit up

Zenkoji Temple's main gate is lit up in green in Nagano, central Japan, on Feb. 6, 2019, during an annual lantern festival being held through Feb. 11 in commemoration of the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Snow-covered temple in central Japan

People visit snow-covered Zenkoji, a Buddhist temple in Nagano, central Japan, on Jan. 9, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Snow-covered temple in central Japan

People visit snow-covered Zenkoji, a Buddhist temple in Nagano, central Japan, on Jan. 9, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Zenkoji temple's sutra repository reopens to public

Worshippers rotate the octagonal shelf storing Buddhist sutras inside Zenkoji temple's Kyozo scripture repository in the central Japan city of Nagano on Sept. 13, 2017. The repository reopened to the public for the first time in nine years after finishing restoration work. It is said rotating the shelf can bestow a blessing similar to reading the entire sutra collection. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Zenkoji temple's sutra repository reopens to public

Zenkoji temple's Kyozo sutra repository in the central Japan city of Nagano, which was built in 1759 and is designated as an important cultural property, reopened to the public on Sept. 13, 2017, for the first time in nine years after finishing restoration work. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Zenkoji temple's sutra repository reopens to public

Zenkoji temple's Kyozo sutra repository in the central Japan city of Nagano, which was built in 1759 and is designated as an important cultural property, reopened to the public on Sept. 13, 2017, for the first time in nine years after finishing restoration work. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Zenkoji temple exhibits copy of Buddhist image

NAGANO, Japan - Zenkoji, a famous Buddhist temple in the city of Nagano, puts a copy of its main Buddhist image on public display April 6. The event is held every seven years. The original image, ''Ikko Sanzon Amida Nyorai,'' is considered to be the first Buddhist image ever to enter Japan and has never been shown to the public. (Kyodo)