Most of its residents live in the main town of Hanga Roa. The island is famous for its enormous stone statues known as moai. The statues, which are carved from volcanic rock, stand at 13 feet high ...

KYOTO--One stone statue of an enlightened Buddhist person here cradles a cat in its arms while another holds a book inscribed with the name “Soseki” after the famous author. One figurine even ...

The green moss on their faces shone glossy when they were wet in the rain. It sometimes looked as if the stone statues were weeping. “Don’t forget us,” photographer Takayoshi Yasujima ...