Explore Kamakura’s Great Buddha at Kōtoku-in Temple: A Must-Visit Tourist Spot!

When planning my itinerary with Hsien, I kept insisting on visiting the Great Buddha. Every time my friends talked about their trip to Kamakura’s Enoshima, they would mention this must-visit Kamakura tourist spot, the “Kamakura Great Buddha” at Kōtoku-in Temple. Without visiting the Kamakura Great Buddha, it’s like not crossing paths with the basketball team in Slam Dunk at Kamakura High School. You can’t say you’ve been to Kamakura!

Discovering the Iconic Kamakura Great Buddha

This 13-meter-tall giant bronze Buddha statue can be traced back to the Kamakura era of 1252 AD and is one of the important national treasures of Japanese history and culture. When visiting the Kamakura Great Buddha for a pilgrimage, it was three o’clock in the afternoon, and the sun in Tokyo was about to enter the sunset. The Kamakura Great Buddha was very solemn and sacred in the sunshine, and I really like the series of photos I took with the Great Buddha.