"great buddha Kamakura"

We went into Kamakura and got something to eat. We ate Tempura, I had never had this, as with many things that I have tried in Japan. It was good, mine was just vegetables, I could eat this again.

The next place we went was of this huge buddha statue. It was enormous. This statue was created in 1252 AD but in 1498, a tidal wave swept it away the temple of the buddha, leaving only the foundation stones. They have since rebuilt it and made it earthquake resistance. Iida-san told us that you could pay 20 yen to go in to the center of the statue to see how big it was. We did, but it seemed much bigger on the inside, it was cramped and weird we didn't stay long. Now, I don't understand or really know what much about Buddhism but all the statues really look the same, I don't know if they are different or not.