Golden week coming, and I went to Ushiku Daibutsu to see Great Buddha. Ushiku is in east of Tokyo. I have not known that we can see such a huge statue in Tokyo area.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushiku_Daibutsu
We have many Great Buddha in Japan. Japanese like to built Great Buddha? Ushiku Daibutsu is biggest statue in Japan. Statue is 100meter tall, about 2-3 times taller than statue of liberty in USA.
When I was a child, I went to Nara to see Great Buddha. It was oldest big statue made in 8 century.
I enjoy picnic at Statue feet. Temple is built by statue, so there is religion place, but I think Daibutsu is one of the sight-seeing place.
Have a nice weekend!!
