Home to a HUGE buddha (called daibutsu in Japanese) is Todaiji temple and its Daibutsuden hall. Created in the year 745, This buddha weighs 500 metric tonnes and is BIG:- Height : 14.98 meters
- Face : 5.33 meters
- Eyes : 1.02 meters
- Nose : 0.5 meters
- Ears : 2.54 meters
He doesn't look so big in the pic, but compare the mini golden buddhas floating around his head to the same mini buddhas in the other pictures!
BELOW: the large wooden building housing the big buddha, it is supposedly the largest wooden structure in the world.
LEFT: the gate entrance to the Todaiji... even the gate is big!
LEFT: a cool lantern in front of the building
LEFT: another smaller buddha statue
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