Ushiku Daibutsu, Bronze Buddha statue in Ushiku, Japan
Description
Ushiku Daibutsu is a bronze-clad Buddha figure in the city of Ushiku that rises one hundred twenty meters into the air. The steel construction rests on a ten-meter lotus platform and is supported by a base of the same height.
History
The figure was erected in 1993 to honor the birth of Shinran, the founder of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism. It held the record as the tallest freestanding statue in the world for fifteen years.
Culture
Visitors can explore four floors inside the figure that hold Buddhist treasures, including a room with three thousand golden Buddha figures. This arrangement invites quiet contemplation and shows the spiritual focus of the site.
Practical
An elevator takes visitors to an observation level at eighty-five meters, where you can look out over the surrounding area. Access is available daily between half past nine in the morning and half past four in the afternoon.
Did you know?
The one-hundred-meter torso was divided into twenty horizontal sections to ease assembly. Each section consists of seventeen blocks wrapped in nine bronze sheets.
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