Ushiku Daibutsu

Ushiku Daibutsu Buddha

(牛久大仏)
Image of the Ushiku Daibutsu
35°58′57″N 140°13′13″E / 35.98250°N 140.22028°E / 35.98250; 140.22028
Location	Ushiku, Ibaraki, Japan
Designer	Ōtani Kōshō
Type	statue
Material	bronze
Height	statue: 100 m (330 ft) including base: 120 m (390 ft)
Completion date	1993

Ushiku Daibutsu (牛久大仏) is a statue located in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Completed in 1993, it stands a total of 120 metres (390 ft) tall, including the 10 m (33 ft) base and 10 m lotus platform. The statue held the record for the tallest statue from 1993 to 2008. As of 2023^[update], it is the fifth-tallest statue in the world.^[1]

An elevator takes visitors up 85 m (279 ft) to an observation floor. The statue depicts Amitabha Buddha and is made of bronze. It is also known as Ushiku ARCADIA (Amida's Radiance and Compassion Actually Developing and Illuminating Area). It was built to commemorate the birth of Shinran, founder of the Jōdo Shinshū 浄土真宗 or "True Pure Land School" of Buddhism.^[2]