Lavender · July
Hill of the Buddha
In 8 monthsCountryside
頭大仏殿 · Lavender · Hokkaido
Photos MIKI Yoshihito (CC BY 2.0) — via Wikimedia Commons
About this spot
Tadao Ando's hall for a 13.5 m stone Buddha at Makomanai Takino cemetery: the statue sits inside a hill planted with about 150,000 lavender plants, so in July only its head shows above the purple. Please keep the quiet of a cemetery.
Getting there
Nearest station
Bus from Makomanai Station (Namboku Line)
Address
2 Takino, Minami Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido
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頭大仏殿
