What is it like to scrub the head of the Ushiku Daibutsu, one of the tallest statues in the world? One crazy guy finds out.
It’s one thing to look up at this 120-meter giant statue and quite another to stand on its head, with a cleaning rag on one hand. With only a rope preventing [...]
Autumn is a good time to visit the Ushiku Daibutsu located in the city of Ushiku in Ibaraki, just north of Tokyo. (The photos below were taken in late summer.) The Daibutsu (literally “Big Buddha”) is a giant bronze statue that stands guard over the Jodo Teien Garden and the Jyoen Memorial Park inside the [...]
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