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Kamakura Daibutsu

Kanagawa · Kamakura · Shrines & Temples

Japanese name: 高徳院 鎌倉大仏

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WHAT TO DOKamakura Daibutsu

The great hall was swept away by a tsunami, and the Buddha has sat in the open ever since.

WHEREKanagawa

Kamakura & Shonan · Kamakura

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Kamakura Daibutsu (1)Dirk Beyer · CC BY-SA 3.0Kamakura Daibutsu (2)Chris 73 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0Kamakura Daibutsu (3)Adolfo Farsari · Public domainKamakura Daibutsu (4)Torsodog · CC BY-SA 3.0Kamakura Daibutsu (5)Tarourashima · Public domainKamakura Daibutsu (6)Takeshi Kuboki · CC BY 2.0Kamakura Daibutsu (7)Takeshi Kuboki · CC BY 2.0Kamakura Daibutsu (8)Takeshi Kuboki · CC BY 2.0Kamakura Daibutsu (9)Charles William Bartlett · Public domainKamakura Daibutsu (10)Alexandar Vujadinovic · CC BY-SA 4.0Kamakura Daibutsu (11)江戸村のとくぞう · CC BY-SA 4.0Kamakura Daibutsu (12)Wei-Te Wong from Taipei City, Taiwan, … · CC BY-SA 2.0

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The great hall was swept away by a tsunami, and the Buddha has sat in the open ever since.

About this place

Kōtoku-in (高徳院) is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo-shū sect in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Its mountain name is Daii-zan (大異山), and its common temple name is Shōjōsen-ji (清浄泉寺). The temple is renowned for The Great Buddha of Kamakura (鎌倉大仏, Kamakura Daibutsu), a monumental outdoor bronze statue of Amitābha, which is one of the most famous icons of Japan. It is also a designated National Treasure, and one of the twenty-two historic sites included in Kamakura's proposal for inclusion in UNESCO's World Heritage Sites.

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Founded：1252 Designation：National Treasure Blessings：Warding off evil

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