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JAPAN. Kamakura. Daibutsu, the Big Buddha #103259886
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JAPAN. Kamakura. Daibutsu, the Big Buddha. he is inside the Kôtoku-in temple. Since 1252, this bronze Daibutsu of 11.3 meters height and 121 tons ordered by Minamoto no Yoritomo, had to compete with the Buddha of Nara. It is today the symbol of the city. Although located 1.5 km from the sea, it is after a violent tsunami in 1498, that the Great Buddha, remained intact, finds himself homeless.
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