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PHOTO BY DAVE MACDONALD

Friday 18th September, 05:55 AM JST

The 120-meter-tall Ushiku Amida Buddha statue looms above the rice fields in Ibaraki Prefecture.

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Ulisse at 08:49 PM JST - 18th September

Yoh! tokyochris mah maan! Check this comment out!

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/rome-restaurantshut-down-after-charging-japanese-tourists-695-euros#comment_338609

I've posted it for another issue, but it fits your case here quite well!

Cheers!
pawatan at 10:00 PM JST - 18th September

How come this isn't promoted more actively? It is a lot bigger than the famous ones in Japan. I had never heard of until now.

It's really inconveniently located for visitors. Easy to drive to, hard to train to.

It's sort of in the same category as the Perfect Liberty temple thingy in Osaka, which is another really massive (and really strange) building people outside of Japan - and many in - have never heard of.
usaexpat at 11:01 PM JST - 18th September

Very cool picture, I wasn't aware there were any giant Budhas in Japan
tokyochris at 11:03 PM JST - 18th September

Ulisse....... I don't get it? What does any of that have to do with me making a reference to how the ghostbusters stomped around New York in the statue of liberty???

If you think that what I said was disrespectful or ignorant, I'm sorry but I ask that you please have a quiet word with yourself if that's how you view it...
Sarge at 11:12 PM JST - 18th September

I think they should outfit this Buddha statue so that it can stomp around Ibaraki, and, if it wants, Tokyo, at will.
BuddhismTech at 11:44 PM JST - 18th September

This is about the statue, not racial politics!
seesaw at 12:00 AM JST - 19th September

Wow.....a very beautiful photo. Great job Mr. DAVE MACDONALD. Keep up your photography skills.

Are you serious? I was about to lend Mr MacDonald my camera for his future use....:) that was one horrible pic. Seems like it was taken on some disposable cameras...no offence..:)
Sarge at 12:44 AM JST - 19th September

In fact, I think they should have Godzilla fight this Buddha statue in the next Godzilla movie:

Godzilla vs Buddha
LoveUSA at 01:43 AM JST - 19th September

I like Sarge

lol, finally Sarge has found his soulmate. Thanks to Buddha.
Fadamor at 03:36 AM JST - 19th September

Nice picture. Just enough haze to make it appear that Buddha was walking throughout the land.
grafton at 04:08 AM JST - 19th September

I didn’t know about this Buddha, for such a large object it seems to have been a well-kept secret. Even my wife didn’t know about this one (she’s Japanese & likes visiting such places(( as do I)), but she tells me that Japan over the last few years (20ish) have started to build more Buddhas, a Buddhist revival perhaps?

The picture is a good early morning image, but really I would like to see this much more clearly, I think I will do some internet digging and knowing how a certain lady’s mind works plan for a future visit there.
Ulisse at 06:17 AM JST - 19th September

That picture is intriguing by the way! :-))
womanforwomen at 07:25 AM JST - 19th September

Even Buddha did not care much about religion. If he did, he would have proclaimed or denounced hinduism. He was born in a Hindu family. But he just showed the way to live or something like that. Well said Ulisse. Yes, so much to learn even from Spongebob.
jessssicaaa at 11:15 AM JST - 19th September

with that mist it almost looks like a giant is kneeling off in the distance.. i love it!
kumachan at 09:16 PM JST - 19th September

I'm not so sure it was built to be a "tourist" attraction. My wife's family is not too far from Ushiku and told us it is part of a cemetery.