Here are some pictures of the 1,250 year old Daibutsu in Nara, the largest gilt-bronze statue in the world, as well as the temple it's housed in and other statues around it. The temple is called Todai-ji, and the building housing the Great Buddha statue is the largest wooden building in the world, and as huge as it is, it was once even larger than it is now! When the original building burned down in 1790, the current version was rebuilt at just 2/3 the size of the original!
In order to get a sense of just how massive the building is, look at the tiny people in the entryways... they are less than half the height of the doorway.
The guy in the black jacket posing in a couple of the shots was one of the JTEs I taught with. He guided me around Nara that day.
kyo_9, I never did get around to visiting the Golden Temple in Kyoto, but I did visit the Silver Temple, Ginkakuji, if you'd like to see that.