Height: 18 meters
Year erected: 752 AD
http://www.todaiji.or.jp/
Notable features: The joint labor of 2.6 million workers, one university professor has calculated that costs to build the Great Buddha and hall, in today’s money, would come to approximately 465.7 billion Japanese yen ($5.8billion). A designated national cultural treasure and the world’s largest wooden structure, the main hall also houses the figure of the two Kongorikishi, Agyo and Ungyo (guardians of the Buddha), and numerous other treasures, making it a famous tourist destination.
Location: Todaiji temple, Nara City, Nara Prefecture
URL: http://www.todaiji.or.jp/ (in Japanese only)