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Buddhism Statues
The list of the Statue of Great Buddha (Daibutsu), Kannon Statue and Rakan Statue.
Kamakura Daibutsu
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The temple is renowned for the Great Buddha (大仏, daibutsu), a monumental outdoor bronze statue of Amida Buddha which is one of the most famous icons of Japan and the national treasure of Japan. The statue stands at 13.35m (45 ft.) high and weighs approximately 93 tons.
The statue probably dates from 1252, in the Kamakura period, when temple records report the construction of a bronze statue. However, it is unclear whether that is the present statue. The statue was built inside a wooden temple, but that building washed away in the tsunami of 20 September 1498 during the Muromachi period in the late fifteenth century. The statue remains.
Visitor Info.
Entrance fee: 200 yen. Open from 7:00 am to 17:30 pm. You can enter inside of daibutsu which you have to pay extra 20 yen. Only new years- eve, it open mid-night to see lighten up daibutsu.
Access
0. at Kamakura Station.
1. use Enoden to Hase Station (9 min.)
2. walk north (10 min.)
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Nirvana Statue of Mantokuji
Area: Chiba; Boso Peninsula (Season: May)
Nirvana Statue of Mantokuji Temple (萬徳寺釈迦涅槃仏) is located on Tateyama, south of Boso Peninsula. As the bronze ...
Nihonji Daibutsu
Area: Chiba; Boso Peninsula (Season: April)
Nihonji Daibutsu (日本寺大仏, the Great Buddha of Nihonji Temple) is Stone Buddha statue of Nihonji Temple. It has 31m ...
Heiwa Kannon
Area: Tochigi; Utsunomiya (Season: January)
Heiwa Kannon(平和観音) is located Utsunomiya, Tochigi. It is 27m high Kannon Statue made by Oya Stone. It was built ...
Miura Daibutsu
Area: Kanagawa; Yokosuka and Miura (Season: Feburary)
Miura Daibutsu (三浦大仏) is one of great Buddha Statue located in Miura, Kanagawa Prefectue. It is 13.5m tall, and ...
Tokyo-Wan Kannon
Area: Chiba; Boso Peninsula (Season: April)
Tokyo Wan Kannon(東京湾観音) is one of Kannon Statue located in Futtsu, Chiba. It is 56m high, and built in 1961 for ...
