Yesterday, we went to Takasaki, the largest city in Gunma Prefecture. Here is a set of unprocessed, out-of-camera photos from our second stop, the Takasaki Byakue Daikannon. This Kannon statue was built in 1936, and is 41.8m tall.
Souvenir shops along the approach road
Peek-a-boo
Up close
Profiles of the statue and of its builder, Yasusaburo Inoue.
