Kamagaya Great Buddha
The Kamagaya Great Buddha is the smallest Daibutsu in Japan. It is located in the city of Kamagaya, Chiba Prefecture, to the north of Tokyo.Photo: Mayuno, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Buddha statue in Kamagaya city, Chiba prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Great Buddha of Kamagaya” and “Kamagaya Daibutsu”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kamagaya-Daibutsu Station and Kamagaya Hachiman shrine.
Kamagaya-Daibutsu Station
Railway stop
Photo: LERK, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kamagaya-Daibutsu Station is a railway station in the city of Kamagaya, Chiba, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keisei Electric Railway. Kamagaya-Daibutsu Station is situated 120 metres southeast of Kamagaya Great Buddha.
Kamagaya Hachiman shrine
Shinto shrine
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kamagaya Hachiman shrine is a Shinto shrine, which is situated 110 metres east of Kamagaya Great Buddha.
Enmei-ji Temple
Buddhist temple
Enmei-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 500 metres south of Kamagaya Great Buddha.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nakazawa and Kowagama-chō.
Kowagama-chō
Neighborhood
Kowagama-chō is a neighborhood, which is situated 4½ km southeast of Kamagaya Great Buddha.
Kanehori-chō
Neighborhood
Kanehori-chō is a neighborhood, which is situated 4½ km east of Kamagaya Great Buddha.
Kamagaya Great Buddha
- Categories: daibutsu, bronze sculpture, historic site, place of worship, wayside shrine, and religion
- Location: Kamagaya Shi, Chiba, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.75893° or 35° 45′ 32″ northLongitude
140.01324° or 140° 0′ 48″ eastOpen location code
8R72Q257+H7OpenStreetMap ID
node 5943619727OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
historic=wayside_shrineWikidata ID
Q3113530
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Rakhine—“Kamagaya Great Buddha” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ကာမာဂါယဗုဒ္ဓရုပ်ပွားတော်”
- Chinese: “鎌谷大佛”
- Dutch: “Grote Boeddha van Kamagaya”
- French: “Grand Bouddha de Kamagaya”
- Japanese: “鎌ヶ谷大仏”
- Japanese: “鎌ケ谷大仏”
- Korean: “가마가야 대불”
- Korean: “카마가야 대불”
- Rakhine: “ကာမာဂါယဗုဒ္ဓရုပ်ပွားတော်”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 鎌ヶ谷警察署鎌ヶ谷大仏交番 and 高森博文ダンススタジオ.
Nearby Places
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