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21.Kojo.Tenjinsha * 1944 x 2916 * (1.06MB)

22.Ueno.Onshi.Koen * 2916 x 1738 * (2.29MB)

23 * 2916 x 1944 * (2.68MB)

24.Ueno.Great.Buddha's.Pagoda * During the Edo period within the precincts of kanei-ji temple, there was a great Buddha statue on the top of the hill (where you're looking now). This site is known as Daibutsu yama (Great Buddha hill).
In 1631, the first great Buddha was created by the feudal lord Hori Naoyori. It was a seated Buddha 2.8 meters high, but it was destroyed by an earthquake in 1647.
The second Buddha was created by the monk Jyoun who collected donation money from Edo citizens. It was a seated Buddha 3.6m tall.
The face of the second Buddha image fell ogg during the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923, and later the body and pedestral were delivered to the government under the Metal Acquisition Law, which ordered the delivery of metallic goods owned by citizens to the government, to produce weapons during WWII. Only the face remains at Kanei-ji temple. In 1967 a wall was built on top of the hill and the Buddha head was enshrined on tthe wall in a relief style setting. Then in 1972 the Ueno Tourist Associtation built the current pagoda, including three Buddhist images of Yakushi Nyorai (Physician of souls), Gakko Bosatsu and Nikko Bosatsu. * 1887 x 2668 * (1.94MB)

25.Totem * 2592 x 3888 * (4.31MB)

21.Kojo.Tenjinsha

22.Ueno.Onshi.Koen

24.Ueno.Great.Buddha's.Pagoda

26.Kitty * 1835 x 2660 * (1.84MB)

27.Gate * 2728 x 1839 * (2.22MB)

28 * 1944 x 2916 * (1.81MB)

29.Outside.gate * 2879 x 1919 * (1.79MB)

30.On.The.way.to.the.hotel * Fortunately, once in a while, it was the right way... * 1795 x 2630 * (1.62MB)

29.Outside.gate

30.On.The.way.to.the.hotel

31.Zoo.monorail * 2916 x 1944 * (1.13MB)

31.Zoo.monorail

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