Daily Archives: March 25, 2007

Himeji and Nara

I saw some of the best sights that I have seen to date. Himeji nicknamed the white egret, is the oldest and largest castle that remains in Japan. This thing was beautiful, surrounded my a huge moat and incredibly ornate garden, this was for sure one of the best. Today and last night were definately “the Japan” that I was waiting for.

After Himeji, I went to the largest Buddist temple in Nara. Inside of it there are three Buddhas, the largest is about 50ft, 437 tons of bronze and 200 lbs of gold. It is called the cosmic buddha, and is one of the largest statues in the world. It was very impressive!!!

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