• I Lost My Self in Japan •
I'm Chantal, I live in Italy and I speak English, French and Japanese basic level.
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The Great Buddha of Kamakura (大 仏), Daibutsu, is a monumental bronze statue of Amida Buddha, one of the most famous icons of Japan.
The statue reaches 13.35 meters tall and weighs about 93 tons, the interior of the statue can be visited for only 20 yen per person. The Great Buddha is the second Japanese Buddha monumental in size, after the Todaiji in Nara.
It is believed that the statue was originally built in 1252, (Kamakura period), the records show the temple because of the construction of a bronze statue at the time, an idea of the priest Joko, who collected donations for its realization. The sculptors were One-Goroemon and Tanji-Hisatomo.
The statue originally was not open, but the wooden temple that housed it was destroyed by a tsunami in 1495 (Muromachi period), has since remained open. Between 1960 and 1961 were made of the restoration and the neck of the statue was reinforced to protect it from earthquakes.
