The Buddha of Kamakura

// September 9th, 2007 // Photographs, people

The famous Buddha statue in Kamakura – not, apparently the largest in
Japan – but considered to be the finest of the large Buddhist statues.
Interestingly, Kamakura today is one of the more significant surfer towns in Japan, and its beach was bum-to-bum full of surfer dudes and chix (I believe thus is the socially acceptable form of address), complete with screeching piped J-pop music, watched over (watched down?) by this statue of a benign Gautama.

You can, btw actually walk into the statue – there is an opening towards the back and looking on the actually mechanics of how its been built and the far more industrial foundation of that beatific, sagacious looking statue is an amazing contrast. Incidently, its also bloody hot inside in the summer. really.