Illustration - Paris

Illustration - Paris

FRANCE. SEINE-ET-MARNE (77) GERMIGNY L'EVEQUE. NICOLAS ANCEY (THE OWNER) TAKES DELIVERY OF STATUES OF BALINESE DIVINITIES IN HIS OPEN-AIR SHOWROOM, IN THE HEART OF A MAGNIFICENT TROPICAL GARDEN: BATU TAMAN. Photo by Stephane Frances/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Paris

Illustration - Paris

FRANCE. SEINE-ET-MARNE (77) GERMIGNY L'EVEQUE. NICOLAS ANCEY (THE OWNER) TAKES DELIVERY OF STATUES OF BALINESE DIVINITIES IN HIS OPEN-AIR SHOWROOM, IN THE HEART OF A MAGNIFICENT TROPICAL GARDEN: BATU TAMAN. Photo by Stephane Frances/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Aerial View of France

Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. YVELINES (78) CHATEAU DE VERSAILLES - AERIAL VIEW OF A SET OF TWELVE STATUES SYMBOLIZING RIVERS, NYMPHS AND DIVINITIES: IN THE MIDDLE, A STATUE OF HESPERIDE HOLDING A GOLDEN APPLE Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

U.S. Zen priest calls to prepare 300,000 Jizos for A-bomb victims

U.S. Zen priest calls to prepare 300,000 Jizos for A-bomb victims

NAGASAKI, Japan - Jan Chozen Bays (R) an American Zen priest, speaks at a news conference in Nagasaki on May 13. Bays is seeking to gather about 300,000 handmade images and statues of Jizo, one of the most beloved divinities in Japan, by summer 2005 in memory of every victim of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

U.S. Zen priest calls to prepare 300,000 Jizos for A-bomb victim

U.S. Zen priest calls to prepare 300,000 Jizos for A-bomb victim

NAGASAKI, Japan - Jan Chozen Bays (R) an American Zen priest, speaks at a news conference in Nagasaki on May 13. Bays is seeking to gather about 300,000 handmade images and statues of Jizo, one of the most beloved divinities in Japan, by summer 2005 in memory of every victim of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. (Kyodo)