Ushiku Daibutsu

The nihongo|Ushiku Daibutsu|牛久大仏|, located in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, and is plated with bronze. It is also known as Ushiku Arcadia (Amida's Radiance and Compassion Actually Developing and Illuminating Area).

Details

*Weight: 4000 tons
*Length of Left Hand: 18.0m
*Length of Face: 20.0m
*Length of Eye: 2.5m
*Length of Mouth: 4.0m
*Length of Nose: 1.2m
*Length of Ear: 10.0m
*Length of the First Finger: 7.0m
Inside the statue itself is a four story building, which serves as a kind of museum.

*Level 1: Infinite Light and Infinite Life"The first floor lobby is dark, and as you enter new age music floats toward you from the darkness. In the center of the room a single shaft of light shines from above onto a cauldron of smoking incense. If you walk past that you'll find the elevator to the other floors."
*Level 2, 10.0m: World of Gratitude and Thankfullness"Mostly dedicated to scribe studies"
*Level 3, 20~30.0m: World of the Lotus Sanctuary"3000 samples of gold Buddha statues can be seen"
*Level 4, 80~85.0m: Room of Mt. Grdhrakuta"Also on the fourth floor are windows which look out from the buddha's chest on to the adjacent flower garden and small animal park."

Events associated

*31/12 to 3/1
*Month of April (はつまいり）
*15/08 (Lightshow and fireworks)
*3/5 to 5/5

ee also

*Daibutsu
*Kōtokuin, temple in Kamakura, home to second largest bronze Buddha statue in Japan.
*Tōdai-ji, temple in Nara, home to largest bronze Buddha statue in Japan.
*Leshan Giant Buddha in China, the tallest stone Buddha sculpture in the world.
*Tian Tan Buddha, located in Hong Kong, world's tallest seated Buddha statue.
*List of statues by height

References

* [http://www.iijnet.or.jp/am/Eindex.html Ushiku Daibutsu] Official Page