Todai-ji in Nara Park, about an hour south of Kyoto, was our first afternoon stop in Nara. The Great Buddha Hall is the largest wooden structure in the world. It is really impressive. Check out the people on the steps for an idea of its size. It is even slightly smaller than the original, which like so many other temples and shrines around Japan, was destroyed by fire, sometimes several times over the centuries. Inside the building is a massive statue of Buddha.
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