{"id":1183,"date":"2011-04-04T07:43:31","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T07:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=1183"},"modified":"2011-04-04T07:43:31","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T07:43:31","slug":"japans-daibutsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/japans-daibutsu\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan&#8217;s Daibutsu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most awe inspiring sights in Japan is the daibutsu (<strong>\u5927\u4ecf<\/strong>) or the \u201cLarge Buddha\u201d. Basically a daibutsu is a large statue of a Buddha. Seeing these daibutsu in Japan never gets tiring and you can read more about it here as well: https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/daibutsu\/<\/p>\n<p>The Daibutsu of T\u014dky\u014d (<strong>\u6771<\/strong><strong>\u4eac\u306e<\/strong><strong>\u5927<\/strong><strong>\u4ecf<\/strong>) is a real treasure. It is located in Itabashai (<strong>\u677f<\/strong><strong>\u6a4b<\/strong>), which is a ward in T\u014dky\u014d. It is about eight meters high and made of black coal. It has the characteristic look of a statue of Buddha, which if you look closely, has closed eyelids in deep meditation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u6771\u4eac\u5927\u4ecf\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uXBOSLV2h8I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Sh\u014dwa Daibutsu (<strong>\u662d\u548c\u5927<\/strong><strong>\u4ecf<\/strong>) is my favorite daibutsu. Why? Well the Sh\u014dwa Daibutsu has a crown on its head that gives it an immense height. At around twenty one meters in height, it is the tallest seated daibutsu in Japan.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u662d\u548c\u5927\u4ecf\u9752\u9f8d\u5bfa\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MaZSILgqxD0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Kamagaya Daibutsu (<strong>\u938c\u30f6\u8c37\u5927<\/strong><strong>\u4ecf<\/strong>) is about two meters tall. It\u2019s reputed to be the smallest daibutsu in Japan. However, when you stand next to it, it is hardly small. You can see this \u201csmall\u201d daibutsu in the city of Kamagaya, which is located in Chiba Prefecture (<strong>\u5343\u8449\u770c<\/strong>,).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u938c\u30b1\u8c37\u5927\u4ecf \u2500DIVE TO LOVE\u2500 (Cover)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sI5VjTEds9c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Great Buddha of Takaoka (<strong>\u9ad8<\/strong><strong>\u5ca1\u306e<\/strong><strong>\u5927<\/strong><strong>\u4ecf<\/strong>) is my second favorite. It truly is a magnificent Buddha because it is encircled with a halo. From the ground to the halo, it is about fifteen to sixteen meters high. The halo and the lotus flower on which the Buddha is seated give this Buddha extra height.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u5bcc\u5c71\u3010\u9ad8\u5ca1\u5927\u4ecf\u3011\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dwCgelEYPC8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most awe inspiring sights in Japan is the daibutsu (\u5927\u4ecf) or the \u201cLarge Buddha\u201d. Basically a daibutsu is a large statue of a Buddha. Seeing these daibutsu in Japan never gets tiring and you can read more about it here as well: https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/daibutsu\/ The Daibutsu of T\u014dky\u014d (\u6771\u4eac\u306e\u5927\u4ecf) is a real treasure&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/japans-daibutsu\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[12543,53008],"class_list":["post-1183","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-culture","tag-buddha","tag-daibutsu"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6196,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183\/revisions\/6196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}