While most of our faith were listening to the broadcast of our semi-annual General Conference from Salt Lake City, George and I were hiking the hills of Kamakura, Japan in search of the Big Buddha!
Finally we happened upon a sign....didn't help us much!
This nice Japanese couple proved to be much more helpful, even with their limited English and our non-existent Japanese.
With the aid of our map, they got us back on the right trail going in the right direction.
And we found him!
Unfortunately we got on the wrong trail and were a bit lost.
The Big Buddha of Kamakura is about 44 feet tall and is the 2nd tallest
Buddha in Japan. The statue was cast in 1252 and originally was
located inside a large temple hall. However the temple buildings were
destroyed multiple times by typhoons and a tidal wave in the 14th and 15th
centuries but the Buddha survived. Since 1495 he has been standing in the open air. Think about that, he has been standing there since Columbus
discovered America. Makes me remember the relative 'youth' of our
country.
Glad you made it back on the right path. How cool!
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