The Daibutsu (Great Buddha) at Kamakura was constructed out of bronze in the year 1252 AD and stands (sits?) nearly 50 feet tall. A notice at the entrance to the site reads:
"Stranger, whosoever thou art, and whatsoever be thy creed, when thou enterest this sanctuary remember thou treadest upon ground hallowed by the worship of ages. This is the Temple of Buddha and the gate of the Eternal, and should therefore be entered with reverence."
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