in article 18x2m3tnrsh8s$.1npfuowg20i23.dlg@40tude.net, Edward Mills at
spam@hotmail.com wrote on 2/15/05 5:33 PM:

> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:16:08 +0900, Ernest Schaal wrote:
> 
>> A few blocks away from the park is the largest lacquer Buddha in Japan
> 
> One could travel halfway around the world simply to marvel at such an epic
> achievement! 

Actually, it is quite big. It appears about as big as the daibutsu in
Kamakura, maybe taller.