Great Buddha of Tokyo (Tokyo Daibutsu) (Tokyo)

Japan / Saitama / Wako / Tokyo
 statue, sculpture, buddhism, interesting place
Located at Jorenji temple 20 minutes from Narimasu Station, this Great Buddha resembles the one in Kamakura, except it is coal black and a bit more svelte, despite weighing 30 tons. It's also a baby as Great Buddhas go, built only in 1977. Narimasu may be a trek, but it's still closer than Kamakura. And this Great Buddha is the eighth-largest in Japan.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daibutsu
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Coordinates:   35°46'55"N   139°38'40"E
This article was last modified 12 years ago