Showing posts with label Kamakura. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kamakura. Show all posts

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Wish


"For all of those that suffer from pain, hunger, and disease let them know peace and let them know love," goes one prayer at this "wishing wall" found at the Kaikōzan Jishōin Hase-dera, where visitors can write their prayers to the gods on blocks of wood to be hung on a wall.

The Kaikōzan Jishōin Hase-dera is one of the most popular Buddhist temples located in Kamakura, Japan.

Majestic


The Great Buddha of Kamakura is a huge, bronze statue of the Amitābha Buddha at the Kōtoku-in Temple complex in Kamakura, Japan. It was said to have been built in 1252. The statue stands approximately 13.35m tall and weighs approximately 93 tons. It is hollow inside. It has withstood various natural calamities, including a tsunami in 1498 that wiped out its surrounding temple, and numerous earthquakes. In the 1960s, its neck was reinforced to protect it from future damage.

Kamakura is located in the prefecture of Kanagawa, about 50 kilometers south west of Tokyo.