Asia Grace


Little buddhas

Japan

I came across this scene while walking in the woods in Japan, not far from a temple if I remember correctly. They had been there a long time, by looking at the moss and lichen that had accumulated. I don't know what they are all about.

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Kita writes:

I remember this place. It is the graveyard of a thousand souls. I know that a thousand buddhas were built here to guide lost souls after a battle. The buddhas also represented those who died. I'm pretty sure thought that they didn't really have a thousand, for it didn't look that way when I saw it. My great great great great great great great grandfather died here, that's how I know. There are many legends surrounding this place and supposedly "curses".