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Todai-ji Temple – Nara, Japan Comments Off

Todai-ji Temple, originally uploaded by courtneyjohnston.

Todai-ji Temple, along with having sacred deer running free on the grounds, houses the world’s largest Vairocana Buddha (also Japan’s largest bronze Buddha) in the world’s largest wooden building.
And having been built in 752 AD it is also the oldest building I’ve ever visited. That kind of age is almost [...]