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Into the woods

Jimmuji and Takatoriyama

Higashi-Zushi, Kanagawa

23 May 2009
COMMENTS
Merja-zerga said at 10:30 a.m. on Jun 4, 2009:
Sublime statue!
ThierryKarine
DocEna said at 12:10 p.m. on Jun 4, 2009:
Congratulations on TOD...BEAUTIFUL IMAGES..
21-gramm said at 12:15 p.m. on Jun 4, 2009:
congrat on TOD!!
i love Buddha POV`s.
Candlepower said at 12:54 p.m. on Jun 4, 2009:
Fantastic!! That statue is so Majestic. Congratulations on TOD!
Debdog said at 1:35 p.m. on Jun 4, 2009:
i always love seeing your work ! congrats on the TOD!
Welshchick said at 3:43 p.m. on Jun 4, 2009:
Beautiful woods and a treasure at the end! The GREEN is amazing!
Ebucar said at 7:46 p.m. on Jun 4, 2009:
Are those statues in red caps?! I think I've seem them somewhere...
Pkeener said at 7:53 p.m. on Jun 4, 2009:
hey Jane. nice set of photos. I love seeing your friends against these ancient statues
Saulblum said at 8:29 p.m. on Jun 4, 2009:
Looks like a nice hike. Congrats!
Eduardo.affonso said at 8:57 p.m. on Jun 4, 2009:
These photos gave me that strange feeling of being again in a place where I have never been before.
Sirnicolay said at 10:12 p.m. on Jun 4, 2009:
WOw! Bizarre and cool at the same time. :D Congrats on TOD! :)
Lifequest22 said at 10:29 p.m. on Jun 4, 2009:
Congrats on TOD Jane. That statue is amazing. To think that it was carved into the stone. I wonder how old it is.
Mariusblack said at 10:53 p.m. on Jun 4, 2009:
wow. great hike and ever better views! congrats on TOD, jane! =)
Noe said at 11:07 p.m. on Jun 4, 2009:
This is amazing!! congrats on TOD... fantastic shots!! :o)
Debdog said at 1:15 a.m. on Jun 5, 2009:
the Buddah is amazing ....
Leils said at 5:43 a.m. on Jun 5, 2009:
congratulations on TOD, lovely!
Pachito said at 7:40 a.m. on Jun 5, 2009:
Interesting discoveries in the woods! Congrats on TOD!!
Charlespop said at 7:46 a.m. on Jun 5, 2009:
Wow......this place is on my list of places to visit asap... thanks for discovering it for me !
Janer said at 8:30 a.m. on Jun 5, 2009:
Thanks everyone! With the TOD, now I can vouch that Gretel's tips are no lemons. LOL.
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I didn't know about the rock climbing area or the Buddha statue when I joined the hike. You could just imagine how thrilled I was when I first saw it from afar. Apparently that area used to be a sandstone quarry for the stones used in the moat of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. There's a marker near the statue indicating that the Buddha was sculpted on one side of the rock mountain in 1940s. For what reason, I don't know. I also have no idea who did it. My Japanese friends noticed that the features of the Buddha was more like the ones in South Asia and not the usual plump image like in Kamakura...
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