The Hiroshima Daibutsu (big Buddha statue) is currently enshrined ... four meters tall and believed to have been made during the Kamakura Period (1185-1333), in or around 1200.

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Finally, no discussion of Kamakura’s plum blossoms would be complete without mentioning the temple of Hasedera, located near the famous Great Buddha of Kamakura. Around 40 plum varieties bloom ...

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Big Buddha is a giant statue of Buddha encased in Burmese alabaster that towers over Phuket from the peak of Mount Nagakerd. Construction on Big Buddha began in 2007, and Phuketians are proud of ...

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At Alameda’s corner of Santa Clara Avenue and Broadway and named for a city that centuries ago served as the de facto capital of Japan, Kamakura was a go-to restaurant for lovers of Japanese ...

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There are two active volcanoes in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Mauna Loa and Kilauea, but Kilauea is the real "must-see." A 4,000-foot-tall mountain, Kilauea has been active since Jan. 3, 1983.