Nihon-Ji Temple

Located in Chiba prefecture on the Boso peninsula by Tokyo bay and roughly facing Yokohama, Mount Nokogiri, or in Japanese Nokogiriyama, is a 330m tall mountain featuring the Nihon-ji Temple (Nihonji). Established over 1,300 years ago, Nihon-Ji Temple is actually one of Kanto area’ oldest temples and features many important Japanese cultural artifacts, including the 30m tall carving of Hyaku-Shaku Kanon, depicting the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy (1966), 1,500 statues of Buddhist disciples (rakan) and finally, the crown jewel of Nihon-Ji, the 31m tall Daibutsu (Big Buddha) carved in 1780 from the mountain itself.