Buddha at Senso-ji, originally uploaded by courtney johnston.
As with all of Tokyo, there are a mass of people screaming and eating and buying China produced goods less than 100 yards away but in the presence of Buddha in temple gardens the madness always feels miles away.
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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 [...]
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