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04-21-2007, 08:33 AM
Now I've been to see the Big Buddha at Toudaiji in Nara twice now, and plan on once more before I head back to the States. All in all, it was quite impressive, the extensive grounds were great, and if nothing else the shear hugeness of the thing was a sight to behold. However, I have yet to compare it with the Kamakura Daibutsu (having never been to Kantou), but going by all the photos I've seen, the sculpting of the Kamakura colossus looks superior.
Can anyone who's been to both give me their impressions? Ye Gods, from whom these miracles did spring, Inspire my numbers with coelestial heat; 'Till I my long laborious work compleat 
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04-25-2007, 11:28 AM
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how about some photos?  Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.-- Albert Camus
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04-27-2007, 12:21 AM
WOW!
 That's an incredibly HUGE pair of sandals! I'm sure my whole body can fit in there! and possibly squeeze in one more person...
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05-04-2007, 07:54 PM
so thats a work of kamakura.. very nice
 there is one true love in my life.. and sadly it will be fate that will have to hold us together the light will continue to shine for all.. Fratello, may the angels bless you on the way throughout eternity
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05-17-2007, 08:35 AM
There are also several more Daibutsu in Japan
One is the standing Amitabha in Ushiku, Chiba-ken Also in Kyushu ( Either Fukuoka or Miyazaki) there is a stone Medicine Buddha that overlooks the city, its also big. Also there is another in a city famous for its bronze temple bells, forgot where. I have been both myself, I feel the Nara one is very impressive but has that religious atmosphere and the history itself too, the Kamakura is big, but not as big as Nara, more like some of the big statues seen in China or large temples in some Asian countries. I guess the size of Nara was the influence of Tang China and in Asia where building a BIG Buddha statue was the fad.
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