Kamakura Daibutsu
Saturday, May. 5, 2012 | 32 Comments
Spent a day out in Kamakura with the main objective of seeing their Daibutsu or “Great Buddha.”
Buddha manjuu sweets!
You can pay a small (like 15 yen) fee to go into the giant Buddha.
Inside :)
Jenny posted at 3:10 pm; Saturday
Tags: japan trip, travel
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So amazing!! It really is giant D: You look so adorable & tiny standing in front of it!
I should have stood right UP on it I think! It’s pretty big :D
That looks really interesting. Are those windows on the Buddha’s back? D:
They are! It’s the only way to let light in :)
omg iwould feel bad biting into buddhas head
Agreed. I stuck to taiyaki hahaha!
Oh my gosh, I think I’ve been there before during my trip to Japan in high school!
Oh probably! Big. big tourist spot! Saw quite a number of students :)
Oh my gosh! Wish I could visit this amazing place!
I love visiting spiritual places like these. :D
You posted this in such great timing too – today is Wesak Day, which is a buddhist festival celebrating Buddha’s birthday. (!)
Total coincidence (it’s Cinco de Mayo here) but I appreciate you letting me know! I wish I could say it was purposeful :P
so cool!! definitely checking those place out next time im in japan~!
It’s a great little town to visit if you get the chance!
Such a peaceful place to be in. And not crowded at all despite it been a tourist spot. Btw, that ‘cat face’ wallet looks mighty familiar…I think you have it?
Wow you have a good memory!!!
http://sushi-cat.net/2011/08/04/cat-face-coin-purse-etc/
LOL AT THE MANJUU SWEETS
:P
This is a cool place! Malaysia have the same Buddha statue. The only different is they don’t sell this cute stuff from the temple. Did you buy the owl stuff ???
I did! I bought the hand towel :) I use hand towels every day so it’ll be useful & extra cute.
WAAAAH O_O what an huge Buddha statue! Hope you had a great time in japan and by curiosity … what map did you use while being in Tokyo? (I’m going to Tokyo this summer and i’m currently looking for English friendly maps >__
I have a few on my phone. Some Japanese only versions then also a few semi-bilingual. Is there an area you’re interested in particular? I could upload them for you if you like. I scanned them all in from books/magazines.
Oh, another tip, what I did also was google map a lot of things as well & just screen capped them and loaded them onto my phone :) I did actually USE google maps a few times while out but global roaming can get pricey.
this map here : http://sushi-cat.net/pics/4_17_12_2.jpg
seemed really good! Was it from a magazine or something?
Since it’s my first time in Tokyo, I was thinking of going more in areas around Shibuya (shinjuku, harajuku, roppongi and akihabara)
Thanks a lot ! ^__^
It’s from this magazine (which they have online as well!)
http://www.goodlucktrip.jp/
OMG SO MANY OWL GOODS! *-* I’m in love with all your trip photos!
Kisses~
Thanks dear!
Amazing!!
Thanks for this trip posts!
(Probably you’ll have returned with lots of owl trinkets!)
Not as many as you might think but definitely SOME! :DDv I bought too much hair cologne and barrettes… bag stuffed full!
I love this giant buddha!!
It looks like you went on such a perfect day!
When we went it was cold and there were tons of people.
Ooh, I’d love to see this some day!
I never knew that you can go inside the Buddha!! :OOO
so pretty! all the pictures are gorgeous but something about the second one really makes me feel peaceful… :)