Ushiku Daibutsu

Ushiku Daibutsu is a statue located in , Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Completed in 1993, it stands a total of 120 metres tall, including the 10 m base and 10 m lotus platform.
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  • Opening hours:
    March—September: Monday—Friday 9:30 AM—5:00 PM; Saturday—Sunday and public holidays 9:30 AM—5:30 PM
    October—February: 9:30 AM—4:30 PM
  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: statue
  • Description: statue located in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Ushiku Daibutsu Buddha”
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ushiku Park and AMI PREMIUM OUTLETS.

Park
Photo: Motokoka, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 310 metres southwest of Ushiku Daibutsu.

Shopping center
Photo: Mutimaro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a shopping center, which is situated 1½ km east of Ushiku Daibutsu.

Buddhist temple
Photo: 小石川人晃, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 1¼ km southeast of Ushiku Daibutsu.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ami and Miho.

Town
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is a town located in , . As of 1 October 2020, the town had an estimated population of 47,927 in 20,279 households and a population density of 671 persons per km2. is situated 5 km north of Ushiku Daibutsu.

Village
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is a village located in , . As of 1 October 2020, the village had an estimated population of 14,504 in 5907 households and a population density of 218 persons per km2. is situated 8 km east of Ushiku Daibutsu.

Ushiku Daibutsu

Latitude
35.98265° or 35° 58′ 58″ north
Longitude
140.22025° or 140° 13′ 13″ east
Inception
June 1993
Height
120 metres (394 feet)
Open location code
8R72X6MC+33
Open­Street­Map ID
node 332552286
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­statue
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q542324
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Ushiku Daibutsu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أوشيكو ديبوتسو”
  • Asturian: “Ushiku Daibutsu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Uşiku Daybutsu”
  • Bulgarian: “Ушику Дайбуцу”
  • Burmese: “အုရှိကုဗုဒ္ဓရုပ်ပွားတော်ကြီး”
  • Burmese: “အုရှိခုဗုဒ္ဓရုပ်ပွားတော်ကြီး”
  • Chinese: “牛久大佛”
  • Czech: “Ušiku Daibucu”
  • Dutch: “Ushiku Daibutsu”
  • French: “grand bouddha d’Ushiku”
  • French: “Grand Bouddha d’Ushiku”
  • French: “Ushiku Daibutsu”
  • Galician: “Ushiku Daibutsu”
  • German: “Ushiku Daibutsu”
  • Hindi: “उशिकु दायबुत्सु बुद्ध प्रतिमा”
  • Indonesian: “Ushiku Daibutsu”
  • Italian: “Ushiku Daibutsu”
  • Japanese: “Ushiku Daibutsu”
  • Japanese: “うしくだいぶつ”
  • Japanese: “牛久大仏”
  • Japanese: “牛久阿弥陀大佛”
  • Kannada: “ಉಷಿಕು ದೈಬುತ್ಸು.”
  • Korean: “우시쿠 대불”
  • Polish: “Ushiku Daibutsu”
  • Portuguese: “Ushiku Daibutsu”
  • Rakhine: “အုဟိခုဗုဒ္ဓရုပ်ပွားတော်ကြီး”
  • Romanian: “Ushiku Daibutsu”
  • Russian: “Дайбуцу Усику”
  • Sanskrit: “ऊषिकु डैबुत्सु”
  • Sinhala: “උෂිකු දායිබුත්සු”
  • Spanish: “Ushiku Daibutsu”
  • Telugu: “ఉషికు దైబుట్సు”
  • Thai: “อูชิกุไดบุตสึ”
  • Turkish: “Ushiku Daibutsu”
  • Ukrainian: “Усіку Дайбуцу”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ushiku Daibutsu observation deck and Large Incense Burner (Kōro).

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