Nara Park- Tōdai-ji

January 15, 2020 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C

Starting the day at Nara park mainly to visit the Daibutsu “Great Buddha” at Tōdai-ji. It’s one of the largest brzone Buddha’s in the world, with a total height of 15m his ears alone are 2m- they’re a little saggy! Built during the Nara period (710-784) by emperor Shōmu, it almost brought the country to bankruptcy.

Other than the massive Buddha the other highlight has to be watching the Japanese and Chinese tourists being brought to tears by the deer that roam freely in Nara. One child was flipped into the mud by one rather aggressive deer!Read more