Great Buddha in Shurakuen park
An arriving point of the previous day in my journey had been at Shurakuen station. It was already dark. So, I couldn’t see my surroundings well. I started from that station in the next day. I thought there might be a big park near the station. Because of the name of the station and its landscape. Just as I thought, there was a big park according to the guide board in the square front of the station. I walked on the road through the forest, then there was a very big great buddha. I heard it was built for the anniversary of Showa-Tenno emperor’s marriage. I heard the height was more than 18m, it was bigger than the great buddha in Todaiji temple in Nara city and in Kamakura. It was true the great buddha was very big. I had to set my camera far from me and the great buddha in order to take a photo of the great buddha with me. But it wasn’t a problem because the camera was wide enough to do it. I prayed for my safe journey and world peace, when I left there.