Gigantic bronze statue of the Great Buddha
“Ushiku Daibutsu” is a giant bronze statue of the Great Buddha in Ushiku City, Ibaraki Prefecture. It is a place where popularity is gradually emerging among sightseeing spots in Ibaraki prefecture.
Ushiku Daibutsu’s biggest charm is its scale size as well. Ushiku Daibutsu whose total height is 120 meters is also registered as Guinness Book “Bronze made statue of the world’s largest size”. That is about 3 times bigger than the Statue of Liberty in New York and that the Big Buddha of that Nara rides in the palm of his hand.
Ushiku Daibutsu, which has a large scale, is not only big and tall, but also the fact that it is possible to see its interior is a secret to its popularity. To be able to enter the inside of the great Buddha, it is a valuable experience that can only be experienced here.
The observation room is around Big Buddha’s chest. Big Buddha is looking at a fine view from a higher place. Because the inside of the Buddha is “shoes strictly prohibited”, please be careful when worshiping.
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Introducing the access to “Ushiku Daibutsu”. If you are going by train from Tokyo, take the Joban Line from Tokyo Station or Ueno Station of Japan Railway to Ushiku Station. There is a route bus from Ushiku Station. Take the bus from “East Exit No. 2” and go to “Ushiku Daibutsu / Ushiku Jouen” or “Ami Premium Outlet”. Get off at the “Ushiku Daibutsu” stop and you will be immediately at your destination.
Charms and Highlights of Ushiku Daibutsu
The Gigantic statue
Speaking of big Buddha (Daibutsu), what do you think of? The Great Buddha of Nara? The Great Buddha of Kamakura? Although it is not so famous as those Great Buddha, but there is the bigger Great Buddha in Japan. It is the Ushiku Amitabha Great Buddha in Ushiku City, Ibaraki Prefecture, usually “Ushiku Daibutsu”. Ushiku Daibutsu is a great Buddha made by Jodo Shinshu sect Higashi Hongan-ji school. It is a huge statue boasting a height of 120 meters.
When you drive on the Kenoudo (Metropolitan Inter‐City Expressway) and come near Ami east IC, the gigantic statue appears. The spectacular figure is totally like the Godzilla. It is the sort of unexpected scale that made you want to blurt out, “what the heck is that?”
The Great Buddha in Nara could fit in the palm of its hand
The height is 120m (high of the statue of standing figure 100m, pedestal 20m) associated with the 12 light of the Amidanyorai (Amitabha Tathagata). The height is enormousness as the Great Buddha in Nara of approximately 15m could fit in the palm of its hand.
Triple size of the Statue of Liberty
In addition, the height from the pedestal is as tall as a triple size of the Statue of Liberty.
It is the third largest in the world as standing statue and the world’s largest as a statue made of bronze. It is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records.
You can see the dignified appearance from Roppongi Hills of approximately 60km away on a clear day.
The observation deck is 85m above the ground
You can go up the inside of the Ushiku Daibutsu in an elevator, the observation deck of the top floor is a position of 85m above the ground. There are rooms for sutra-copying and for hearing a sermon in each floor to the fifth floor.
Just right the place to take a small child
Ushiku Joen with the Ushiku Daibutsu is the greatest park cemetery in the metropolitan area, and there are Jodo garden (Pure Land Garden) and small animal parks where you can interact with animals. It is just right the place to take a small child.
Information(Access, Price/Charge, Tel, Address, Official site, etc.)
| Name: | Ushiku daibutsu |
| Adresse: | Kunocho 2083 Ushiku, Ibaraki 300-1288 Japan |
| Access: | JR Joban-sen Line “Ushiku-eki Station” (15 minutes by car) |
| Tel: | (+81) 29-889-2931 |
| Price/Charge: | 800 yen (Adult) 400 yen (Elementary School Children or Under) Please refer the official web page. |
| Official site: | https://daibutu.net/ |
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