Far often, have I seen things that caught my eye on the train or on the shinkansen which makes me want to visit a location and find out what I saw. The Bodhisattva Kannon in Kamakura, also known as Ofuna Kannon, is one of those Read More …
When I heard there was a little museum inside the Bodhisattva Kannon at Ofuna Kannon in Kamakura, I expected it to be small. Afterall, when visiting the Great Buddha, Kotoku-in in Kamakura, going inside of it, it was more or less feeling the interior of Read More …
Once you reach the top, you finally come across the 82 ft., 1900-ton reinforced concrete statue of the Guanyin Bodhisattva Kannon. Guanyin is the Chinese translation fothe Bodhisattva known as Avalokitesvara and is a Buddhist Bodhisattva associated with compassion and mercy. According to wikipedia sources: Read More …