Aung Zabu Monastery

Aung Zabu Forest Monastery (Burmese: အောင်ဇမ္ဗူတောရဓမ္မရိပ်သာ; Aung Zabu Tawya Dhamma Yeiktha), commonly known as Japan Paya (Burmese: ဂျပန်ဘုရား) is a Buddhist monastery (kyaung) in Yegya village, Hmawbi Township, Yangon Region, Myanmar (Burma).

Aung Zabu Forest Monastery
အောင်ဇမ္ဗူတောရဓမ္မရိပ်သာ
Religion
AffiliationTheravada Buddhism
Location
CountryHmawbi Township, Yangon Region, Burma
Geographic coordinates17.0778288969°N 96.0835091118°E / 17.0778288969; 96.0835091118

The monastery is known for a collection of 301 historic Buddha images from the Pagan, Pinnya, Ava, Toungoo, Nyaungyan, Tagaung and Konbaung eras.[1][2] The images were donated by a Japanese national named Kumano in 2012.[1] Over 10,000 visitors per week visit the monastery.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Devotees flock to 'Japan Pagoda' in Yangon". Thai PBS. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  2. "Hunting and hoarding treasure". The Myanmar Times. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  3. "Famous Japan Pagoda outside Yangon". Yangon Life. Retrieved 21 October 2018.


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