Great Buddha of Shuurakuen

Imposing statue

Imposing statue in a beautiful park. For those with no religious associations, it is a beautiful 'piece' of art. Close by though are industries making place noisy but there is a really pleasant small ...

Unfamous Giant Buddha

While searching places to visit in Nagoya, came across this place. The buddha statue here is almost similar size to avidly popular Kamakura statue but the Nagoya statue is relatively unknown. The pl...

The magnificent 聚楽園大仏

Our first stop after reaching Nagoya. Not that difficult to come here; Meitetsu Tokoname line and alight Shurakuen Station. A very small station and once out you can see聚楽園公園 (Shurakuen Park). Not ...

Big Buddha and park.

This sitting Buddha is not very well known in Japan, it's easy to get to from Nagoya station. The Buddha is very good to view in spring.

It's bigger than I imagined!

Original Text

I always looked up when I headed for Centrair (Chubu International Airport) during the Tokoname match. I wanted to see it nearby someday, but this time I decided to go nearby for work, so I stopped by. The surrounding area is a park and there are no religious facilities such as temples. It feels like a big Buddha is on the mountain. It was bigger than I had imagined when I looked close.