Kamkura and the Giant Buddha

Our first weekend, we decided to head to Kamakura to see the Giant Buddha (of Christmas card lore). The train was a bit slower, but I believe it was one of the earliest railways in Japan, so it's understandable for it to be slow. It was weird having the train literally go down the middle of the street. Anyway, once we got off the train, we had a short walk to see the Buddha. On the way, we found an awesome store that sells all sorts of replica weapons and straw hats but, alas, no one left dressed looking like Raiden from Mortal Kombat.


The view as you are approaching the Buddha.








It's Buddha. He is big.









Elaine caught an amazing shot with the sun.








Big Buddha has big shoes.











You can go inside Buddha for about a quarter a piece.
























After we left the Buddha, we ate and went to another temple that was nearby.













Not sure what this sign is, but it was at the temple.







Elaine thinks we caught a ghost. You can see the difference with the above picture.












Tommy Lee Jones sells coffee over here. The commercials for this make absolutely NO sense, but are hilarious.







We didn't do too much after we saw the Buddha other than head back to base.