By LISA VOGT/ Special to Asahi Weekly
January 25, 2022 at 08:00 JST
Towering at a massive 120 meters and weighing 4,000 tons, the Ushiku Daibutsu in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, was built in 1993 to commemorate the birth of Shinran, founder of the Jodo Shinshu sect of Buddhism. The interior of the statue houses a worship hall as well as an 85-meter-high observatory. (Photo by Lisa Vogt)
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