The worlds biggest Bronze Buddha statue

The Todai-ji temple near Nara park contains the worlds biggest bronze Buddha statue in an enormous wooden temple built over 300 years ago.

The temple is set in grounds surrounded by deer that move around from the Nara park, with smaller temples and shrines dotted around the grounds.

The Buddha itself is within a museum and you need to lay about $5 to enter, but it’s totally worth it. It’s absolutely mind blowing, the sheer scale of the Buddha and the structure built to house it is hard to comprehend.

There are many smaller shrines inside and some interesting wooden models that shows the construction history.

If you’re feeling brave and small there is a famous hole the size of the Buddhas nostril for you to try and crawl through

The temple closes around 5 and they do last entry at 4:30 so try and come as early as possible to avoid disappointment!


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Post by Jamie Daniel Ali | Aug 6, 2023