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Saturday, April 25, 2015

Fudo Myo at Ryusho-ji


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At a tad under 14 meters from the ground to the tip of the flames, its not the tallest Fudo Myoo statue by any means but it is still quite impressive.

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It's located in front of Ryusho-ji, a Shingon temple, number 64 on the pilgrimage I walked around Kyushu. Its on the lower east slope of Mount Unzen, the active volcano in the center of the Shimabara Peninsula in southern Nagasaki.

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Two smaller Fudo statues, with quite distinctive faces, flank the main statue.

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Miniature Fudo's left by worshippers are lined up at the base.

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