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Type
  
Statue

Location
  
Ushiku, Ibaraki, Japan

Year
  
1993

Dimensions
  
100 m (330 ft) high

Opened
  
1993

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Ushiku Daibutsu (牛久大仏) is a statue located in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Completed in 1993, it stands a total of 120 metres (390 ft) tall, including the 10 m (33 ft) base and 10m lotus platform. As of 2016, it is one of the top three tallest statues in the world.

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An elevator takes visitors up 85 m (279 ft) to an observation floor. The statue depicts Amitabha Buddha and is made of bronze. It is also known as Ushiku ARCADIA (Amida's Radiance and Compassion Actually Developing and Illuminating Area). It was built to commemorate the birth of Shinran, founder of the Jōdo Shinshū 浄土真宗 or "True Pure Land School" of Buddhism.

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  • Weight: 4,003 tonnes (8,825,000 lb)
  • Length of Left Hand: 18.00 m (59.06 ft)
  • Length of Face: 20.00 m (65.62 ft)
  • Length of Eye: 2.55 m (8.4 ft)
  • Length of Mouth: 4.5 m (15 ft)
  • Length of Nose: 1.2 m (3.9 ft)
  • Length of Ear: 10.00 m (32.81 ft)
  • Length of the First Finger: 7.00 m (22.97 ft)

    • Inside the statue itself is a four story building, which serves as a kind of museum.

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    Level 1, Infinite Light and Infinite Life 
    The first floor lobby is dark, and as you enter music floats toward you from the darkness. In the center of the room a single shaft of light shines from above onto a cauldron of smoking incense. Beyond it is the elevator to the other floors.
    Level 2 (10.0 m), World of Gratitude and Thankfulness 
    Mostly dedicated to scriptural studies
    Level 3 (20~30.0 m), World of the Lotus Sanctuary 
    3000 samples of gold Buddha statues
    Level 4 (80~85.0 m), Room of Mt. Grdhrakuta 
    Also on the fourth floor are windows looking out from the buddha's chest onto the adjacent flower garden and small animal park.
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    References

    Ushiku Daibutsu Wikipedia
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