AFTERNOON BUS TOUR TO NARA

 

TODAIJI TEMPLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Daibutsuden, the [purported] largest wooden building in the World,
houses the largest Buddha in the World (see below)

 

 

 

 


The "Nara" Buddha
Photo by Yabuuchi Satoshi (Uwamuki Project)
 Big Buddha at Todai-ji (Nara) embodies the image of Birushana

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Not the Buddha...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schoolkids in uniform are everywhere...even on Sunday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Binkuru...it is commonly believed in Japan that when a person rubs
a part of the image of Binzuru and then rubs the corresponding
part of his own body, his ailment there will disappear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 


 

 

 

 

KASUGA TAISHA SHRINE