If a nearly 50-foot-tall bronze statue of the Kamakura Daibutsu sounds magnificent, know that it’s even more impressive in person. Surrounded by nature, it exudes peace and serenity. The statue ...

The Great Buddha of Kamakura, also known as Daibutsu, was cast by the Buddhist monk Joko in 1252, during the Kamakura period. Originally housed in a wooden temple, the statue was unfortunately ...

The Hiroshima Daibutsu (big Buddha statue ... statue about four meters tall and believed to have been made during the Kamakura Period (1185-1333), in or around 1200. Over the centuries, it ...