Japan Travel Tokyo - The Great Buddha Kamakura 大镰仓大佛

Japan Travel Tokyo - The Great Buddha Kamakura 大镰仓大佛 (2016 0423)

Locate: Kotoku-in 高徳院

Address: 4-2-28, Hase, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture 248-0016, Japan

Open: 8:00 to 17:30 (until 17:00 from October to March)/Statue Interior: 8:00 to 16:30

Admission Charge Apply

Getting there:

A 5-10 minute walk from Hase Station, the third station from Kamakura along the Enoden railway line. The Enoden is a streetcar-like train that connects Kamakura with Enoshima and Fujisawa. Its terminal station in Kamakura is located just next to JR Kamakura Station.

Kotoku-in高徳院is a Buddhist temple that belongs to the Jodo Sect, a traditional sect founded by the priest Honen (1133–1212).

The Great Buddha of Kamakura (鎌倉大仏, Kamakura Daibutsu) is a bronze statue of Amida Buddha, which stands on the grounds of Kotokuin Temple高徳院 build in 1252 with a height of 11.4 meters, it has long been the second tallest bronze Buddha statue in Japan, surpassed only by the statue in Nara's Todaiji Temple and some recent creations.