Shūrakuen Daibutsu, A large Buddha statue in Tokai City, Aichi Prefecture.

The Shūrakuen Daibutsu is an 18.79-metre seated statue of Amida Nyorai, made of reinforced concrete and completed in 1927. Its surface was sprayed with copper powder during the 1985 repairs, so it looks like bronze. Horizontal seams cross the torso and a grid of lines covers the robe; the head has tightly coiled hair, a raised dot between the brows, closed eyes, a mustache and long earlobes. The hands rest in the lap, palms upward with thumbs touching, and the statue sits on a gray stone platform with a carved railing and a low balustrade in front.

Businessman Yamada Saikichi planned a Great Buddha for Nagoya, but donations fell short, so he financed it himself and moved the project to his Shūrakuen inn grounds in Chita. Construction in reinforced concrete began in 1924, supervised by Nagoya painter Yamada Mitsukichi of Sankōdō, and the 18.79 m Amida statue was completed in 1927. Its eye-opening ceremony on 21 May 1927 drew 600 businessmen and 300 monks.

The statue stands about five minutes on foot from Meitetsu Shurakuen Station on the Chitahama Line. The approach path, the large stone lanterns and the incense burner date from the 1927 construction, and the Nio guardians stand in front of the Buddha. The grounds adjoin Shurakuen Park, which Tokai City laid out as Shiawase-mura in 1997.