Photo by Naing Ye Gaung
Joodo Teien Garden
Ibaraki Prefecture
50 km northeast of Tokyo
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Photo by Naing Ye Gaung |
Ushiku Amida Buddha Joodo Teien Garden Ibaraki Prefecture 50 km northeast of Tokyo |
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Ushiku Amida Buddha Ibaraki Prefecture, 50 km northeast of Tokyo Ushiku Amida Buddha statue is located in Ushiku Arcadia (formely known as Jodo Teien Garden) in Ibaraki Prefecture, 50 km northeast of Tokyo. The garden is dedicated as a place to retrace the Hozo Bosatsu's journey into becoming Amida Buddha. The staute is 100 meter tall, standing on a 10m lotus base and a 10m platform, total 120 meters. The base of the statue and its lotus platform are constructed of steel reinforced concrete. The body itself consists of a steel framework and a 6-mm skin of bronze, some 6000 individual plates. An internal observation platform is located 85-m above the ground, about chest level. The lotus blossom platform signifies Buddha's vow to step forward and search out all those who are lost within the impure world with its five defilements. The 120 meter height refelcts the 12 beams of light said to emanate from Amida's body and reach throughout the world. In Japan both images of Buddha and Bodhistwa, including Ushiku Amida Buddha are depicted with right and left hand gestures. This depiction is said to have originated during the Kamakura era in 1208, evident in the Buddha images of Nara and Miroku. The position of the Ushiku Buddha hands symbolises his acceptance of all sentient beings without exception. Since its completion in 1995, Ushiku Amida Buddha is the tallest statue in the world. The monument is three times taller and thirty times larger in volume than the Statue of Liberty. The statue weighs 4000 tons. Its First Finger is 7.0 meters long. |
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