Mount Nokogiriyama in Chiba Prefecture.
The largest seated stone Buddha in Japan is located on the mountain.
The stone Buddha, Nihonji Daibutsu, was carved out of rock.
The figure that sits halfway up Mt. When you face the statue, you will be overwhelmed by its massive presence.
The statue is approximately 21 meters tall (total height including the pedestal is approximately 31 meters)!
It is easier to imagine its size if you describe it as gigantic …… than the Great Buddha of Todaiji Temple in Nara (about 15 m high), which immediately comes to mind when you imagine a gigantic statue of the Great Buddha.
I have often passed by Mt. Sawzan, but I had no idea that there was such a gigantic statue of the Giant Buddha in Chiba. ……
It is worth seeing.
Parking at the Daibutsu-guchi parking lot on the Mt.
The last time I visited Jigoku-nozoki and Hyakushaku-kannon, I parked my car at the mountaintop parking lot at the end of the Mt.
Mt. Nokobusan has a lot of places to visit, as the grounds of Nippon-ji Temple cover an area of 100,000 m2 on its mountainside.
Both Jigoku-nozoki and Hyakushaku-kannon are large in scale, and I was overwhelmed from the start.
After visiting Jigoku-nozoki and Hyakushaku-kannon, we drove from the mountaintop parking lot to the Daibutsu-guchi parking lot, which is on the way to the Mt.
The Daibutsuguchi parking lot is located in front of the Daibutsuguchi entrance, providing easy access to the Great Buddha of Nipponji Temple.
If you are visiting Mt.Nokogiriyama by car, it is recommended to use the Mt.Nokogiriyama Climbing Expressway to get to the top of the mountain, as it is not as crowded as the ropeway and is more convenient and inexpensive to use.
For more information on access by car, please refer to the above article.
A sense of presence that overwhelms the viewer! Japan’s largest seated Giant Buddha “Nippon-ji Daibutsu” (Great Buddha of Nippon-ji Temple)
Visitors enter the Great Buddha of Nippon-ji Temple from the Daibutsuguchi Management Office located in front of the Daibutsuguchi Parking Lot.
The temple is open from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Admission is 600 yen for adults and 400 yen for children.
If you have paid the entrance fee at the West Entrance Administration Office, simply show the ticket you received at that time.
From the Daibutsu-guchi Management Office to the Great Buddha of Nippon-ji Temple takes about 5 minutes on foot.
Note that it is downhill on the way there but uphill on the way back. It is better to return with some extra energy left.
…… After walking for a while, you will see the Daibutsu-sama you are looking for in front of you.
This is the Great Buddha of Nippon-ji Temple (Nihon-ji Daibutsu). The overwhelming presence of the statue can be felt even from a distance.
My wife and I couldn’t help but exclaim, “Oh! I could not help but exclaim, “Oh!
The Great Buddha of Nippon-ji Temple (Yakushi Ruriko-nyorai) was sculpted to pray for world peace and universal peace.
The statue is approximately 21 m tall, and its total height, including the pedestal, is approximately 31 m. It is even larger than the Great Buddha of Todaiji Temple in Nara.
The original was sculpted in 1783 by Jingoro Ohno Eirei, who spent three years working with 27 students on a rocky hill.
At that time, it was 9 lengths and 2 shaku (about 37.7 m), which was 7 m taller than the current one.
However, it was damaged by erosion caused by rain and wind over the years.
Restoration work began in 1966, led by Buddhist priest Kyoji Yatsuyanagi, and was completed in 1969.
The year 1783 was the Edo period. It was probably around the time the Great Famine of the Tenmei Era had begun.
Unlike today, the technology and tools were not in place to carve a 38-meter statue of the Great Buddha. …… I was able to gaze at the interesting yet peaceful face of the Great Buddha for a while, feeling a sense of respect.
Near the Daibutsu, there is also a Jizoson, the begging Jizo. All the white parts in the photo are small Jizo.
If you write your name on the Jizo (available at the shrine office for a fee) and dedicate it, your wish will come true.
Looking at the large number of piled up Jizo, one gets a strange feeling that human wishes are …….
I guess people’s wishes never end.
It is layers of wishes that are created …… one after another, one after another, on top of wishes.
The layers are so thick that there is no transparency at all, and the layers of “wishes” are heavy and impenetrable.
The contrast between the magnificent Big Buddha and the blue sky. Numerous small Jizo statues and mountain trees piled up on top of each other.
A fusion of man-made and natural objects. Do people’s wishes settle in things? Do they just remain with us? Most of them will be forgotten sooner or later.
Confronting the gigantic Great Buddha of Japan Temple seemed to be a precious time for self-reflection.
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