The Great Buddha of Kamakura, commonly known as Kamakura Daibutsu
Last Sunday, I went to a slime mold (Myxomycetes) observation tour held at a forest park with a large pond, located about a 20- to 30-minute ride by loop bus from JR Ofuna Station, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Most of the participants were women, including some who had traveled from as far away as Kyoto and Hyogo Prefecture. I took many photos of the slime molds there, but I plan to release them on another blog. Now I’m currently trying to cultivate amoeboid forms from the fruiting bodies I brought back from the site. On the previous day of the observation, I visited the Great Buddha of Kamakura located at Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, it locates near-by the observation site of the next day. Actually, I came here on a school trip in junior high school many decades ago, but this is my second time since then. The bronze statue commonly known as Kamakura Daibutsu (Great Buddha of Kamakura) is about 11.3 meters tall and weighs around 121 tons. The construction of the Great ...
