Daibutsu (Great Buddha of Kamakura)

... stored at this surf club. A nice autumn walk along the beach... in spring! The most famous temple in Kamakura, the Daibutsu, or Big buddha Catching some air temple 27 This was the last bit of countryside in Japan. It was nice to ...

... we went to was Rivendale, I don't know the real name. Then followed them round to get to the centre of Kamakura and onto the Daibutsu (Big Buddha) which is marvelous. It was originally housed in a temple until a Tsunami destroyed it around the 13th ...

... su pritom vsetky zadarmo. Je to tu sice v prirode, ale mierne sklamanie to nevynahradi. Jedine pozitivum bol velka bronzova socha Budhu (Daibutsu) z roku 1252, ktoru sme skoro nestihli. A vlastne este kuracie masko na ihle z jedneho stanku pred chramom...

... to Kamakura, a small town about an hour and a half from Tokyo. The main attraction of this tiny town is the Giant Buddha, Daibutsu. It is the biggest and most awesomeness in all the land, the land being Japan. Me and all my Jap nerd buddies had heard a ...

... . We went back to the packed station and crammed on to the Enoda Enoshima line (apparently built by an Englishman) to see the Daibutsu, Japan's 2nd largest; a Buddha made from bronze and 11.4m high. Miyuki took a picture of me in front of it to send to ...

An hour outside of Tokyo takes me to a city called Kamakura. It is an old capital of Japan and since I know that Kyoto is an old capital, it makes me wonder how many 'old' capitals there are. It is a beautiful city surrounded by mountains on 3 sides and ...

... After the cave we had to get going to get back to Tokyo so we bought a ticket for the cool old fashioned train the goes through Kamakura for 190 yen one way back to Kamakura station and the JR line. We arrived home just in time to get back to school, do ...

... an interesting history and the grounds are lovely. Weekends and holidays can Entry ¥300. The famous Great Buddha (大仏 Daibutsu), a bronze statue of Amida that at 13.35 meters is the second largest in Japan (second only to that in Nara ...

... and more seemed to be on the way. Next stop was a giant buddha. In one corner, let's hear it for the the Daibutsu (buddha) of Kamakura. 37 feet high, and weighing at at 93 tons. His challengers today in the opposite corner, Renna and Holly, who early ...

We spent the day in Kamakura, the 12th century capital of Japan that is about an hour south of Tokyo. The city lies on the coast and is home to numerous temples, shrines, and one of the biggest Buddha statues that you'll ever see. It has a similar feel to ...

... est l'un des anciennes capitales du pays, la capitale ayant déménagé plusieurs fois. D'abord à Nara, puis à Kyoto, ensuite Kamakura, avant Tokyo, si ma memoire est bonne. Docn nous avons pu voir un certain nombre de temples ( Engakuji, ...

... on the way--some recommended ones a bit out of the way--well, we'll have to do them next time, I guess. From the Kita Kamakura train station, started at Tokeiji, which is a 'divorce temple', or rather a place of refuge for abused wives back in the old ...

... I wanted. Before we left Okosan and Otosan bought me a t-shirt that had the character for zen. Next stop was the daibutsu of Kamakura. This big copper Buddha graces the cover of many touristy magazines and makes for a great postcard. Unlike the Buddha at ...

Here is the Kamakura Great Buddha, Daibutsu. It is the one of the greatest statue in Japan. Just see and feel it. http://www.mustlovejapan.com/area/kamakura/kamakura_daibutsu/

... a nicer quality than we had seen in many of the areas around temples.  Many of them were entirely filled with Kamakura-bori, which is a beautiful carved laquerware- They are typically a deep lustrous red carving, a lot of trays, mirrors, and plates ...

... shrines and bamboo grove.   After lunch we boarded the bus back down the hill and got off at Daibutsu-mae stop, home of the Great Buddha of Kamakura. This is everyone's favorite and was as cool as last time. From there we visited the Hase Kannon ...

... others I already visited) that I wouldn't mind spending some more time exploring.    The highlight of Kamakura is the outside Daibutsu (Big Buddha) which used to be enclosed but the structure in which it was housed was washed away by a tsunami ...