Comments on: Great Buddha is Great http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2008/02/02/great-buddha-is-great/ My Confined Space is an image blog with user submitted pictures of anything and everything, funny, serious or dark. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:07:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: chrisweuve http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2008/02/02/great-buddha-is-great/comment-page-1/#comment-89604 chrisweuve Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:03:48 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2008/02/02/great-buddha-is-great/#comment-89604 It has a door (or two?) in the base, a set of stairs, a small platform, and some big windows in the back. It's about 40 ft. tall. The outside is more impressive than the inside. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotokuin for some good pictures of the outside. The statue is about 700 years old. For the first 200 years it was inside a temple, but a tsunami took care of that. It has a door (or two?) in the base, a set of stairs, a small platform, and some big windows in the back. It’s about 40 ft. tall. The outside is more impressive than the inside.

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotokuin for some good pictures of the outside.

The statue is about 700 years old. For the first 200 years it was inside a temple, but a tsunami took care of that.

]]> By: jasonp http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2008/02/02/great-buddha-is-great/comment-page-1/#comment-89579 jasonp Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:50:13 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2008/02/02/great-buddha-is-great/#comment-89579 &$@! I fail at spelling. &$@! I fail at spelling.

]]> By: jasonp http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2008/02/02/great-buddha-is-great/comment-page-1/#comment-89578 jasonp Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:49:49 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2008/02/02/great-buddha-is-great/#comment-89578 Hallow... so its basically a giant pinata? Hallow… so its basically a giant pinata?

]]> By: chrisweuve http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2008/02/02/great-buddha-is-great/comment-page-1/#comment-89574 chrisweuve Sat, 02 Feb 2008 13:36:29 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2008/02/02/great-buddha-is-great/#comment-89574 For those who have not seen it, it's hollow. For those who have not seen it, it’s hollow.

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