After lunch we met up with the rest of the tour to head over to Nara to visit the Todaji Temple, Nara Park and Kasuga Shrine. Todaji Temple is considered one of the busiest attractions in all of Japan. As one of the most important temples it houses the colossal statue of the Vairocana Buddha and the world's largest wooden hall. The Vairocana Buddha is constructed of bronze and covered in gold leafing. It is central to the Kegon Sect of Buddhism. Ironically, the wooden hall was reconstructed, but only as a third of the original size! This was what me and El really wanted to visit. To see the size of the Buddha is breathtaking! Two other monstrous buddhas sit next to the main statue, but look tiny in comparison. Around back featured two fierce looking guardians carved of wood and a scaled down verson of the temple grounds. To hear the history of this building was interesting enough, but the eye candy made me wander around on my own to shoot as much as I could.
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