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Hyogo Daibutsu, Kobe, Japan

The Hyōgo Daibutsu in Kobe is known as one of the three big Buddhas in Japan, in the same class with the big Buddhas of Nara and Kamakura.

Norbert Woehnl 📷
Aug 6, 20261 min read

he original statue at Nōfukuji Temple in Kobe had been melted down in 1944 for the ‘Metals recovery ordinance’ during WW2. It was replaced in 1991 with the current version which is 11 meters tall, and weighs in at 60 tons.

Shot with Nikon D7000 and Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 lens. Edited in Lightroom 5.7.

写真の撮影場所:兵庫県・神戸市・兵庫大仏


In the post below, you can see a wider angle view showing the statue in its decidedly urban surroundings:

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