Todai-ji Daibutsuden, Great Buddha Hall

The Daibutsuden, or Great Buddha Hall, of Tōdai-ji in Nara is one of Japan’s most famous wooden buildings and the symbolic heart of a temple long tied to Buddhism, state power, and national identity. Built to house the immense bronze Great Buddha, it has been rebuilt after major fires and remains a powerful reminder of the scale and ambition of early Japanese temple architecture. We also visited a nearby Shinto Shrine with thousand year old Japanese Cedar Tree!...Read more