ecbo cloak
A cloak room app "ecbo cloak" is useful while traveling Japan instead of using coin lockers. コインロッカー・クローク・アプリ
Japan Alps Kamikochi 上高地 in Nagano 長野
Japan Alps Kamikochi 上高地 in Nagano 長野 is wonderful hiking and camping place in Japan.
さばの高菜巻 イトーヨーカドー Ito-Yokado 鯖寿司 Mackerel Sushi
My Best Mackerel Sushi is "Mackerel with Leaf Mustard Sushi さば高菜巻 Saba-takana-maki". 鯖寿司・サバ鮨
Yuigahama Beach 由比ガ浜海水浴場 Kamakura 鎌倉
Yuigahama Beach 由比ガ浜海水浴場 in Kamakura 鎌倉 City Kanagawa 神奈川 Prefecture near Tokyo

Which statue do you want to see in and around Tokyo between THE UNICORN GUNDAM and THE GREAT BUDDHA? ガンダム、大仏

The Life Sized UNICORN GUNDAM Statue 実物大ユニコーンガンダム立像 2018 / The Great Buddha and Kotoku-in 鎌倉大仏高徳院 2011 Sightseeing
February 20, 2019

There are 2 popular statues.
THE UNICORN GUNDAM is located in Odaiba お台場 Tokyo.
THE GREAT BUDDHA is at a temple in Kamakura 鎌倉 City Kanagawa 神奈川 Prefecture next to Tokyo.

They wish they could chat together.

Gundam: I'm 19.7m (64.6ft) tall.
Buddha: I'm 13.35m (43.8ft) tall including on the base. I'm sitting though...
The Life Sized UNICORN GUNDAM Statue 実物大ユニコーンガンダム立像 2018 / The Great Buddha and Kotoku-in 鎌倉大仏高徳院 2011
Buddha: I work for peace in the world.
Gundam: Me too. I work for peace in the Galaxy.
The Life Sized UNICORN GUNDAM Statue 実物大ユニコーンガンダム立像 2018 / The Great Buddha and Kotoku-in 鎌倉大仏高徳院 2012
Buddha: I wanna stand up like you!
Gundam: I am tired of standing.
The Life Sized UNICORN GUNDAM Statue 実物大ユニコーンガンダム立像 2018 / The Great Buddha and Kotoku-in 鎌倉大仏高徳院 2011
Buddha:
Departing passengers on the Great Buddha Airlines for heaven are now boarding at the gate.

Actually, you can enter the interior of the Great Buddha statue. It additionally costs 20 yen. (Temple admission: 200 300 yen)
* The interior is temporally closed as of August 2020. However, the temple is available.

The Life Sized UNICORN GUNDAM Statue 実物大ユニコーンガンダム立像 2018 / The Great Buddha and Kotoku-in 鎌倉大仏高徳院 2012
Gundam:
Hey! Buddhay!
We are ready to fly into space using rocket engines!
Your rocket engines look larger than mine. I envy you.

Buddha:
It's very old style, though.

Information

Place
The Life Sized UNICORN GUNDAM Statue 実物大ユニコーンガンダム立像 is in front of a shopping mall DiverCity Tokyo Plaza.

The Life Sized UNICORN GUNDAM Statue
The Life Sized UNICORN GUNDAM Statue 実物大ユニコーンガンダム立像 公式サイトです。
www.unicorn-gundam-statue.jp
https://mitsui-shopping-park.com/divercity-tokyo/en/
mitsui-shopping-park.com

Temple name
The Great Buddha and Kotoku-in 鎌倉大仏殿高徳院

Kotoku-in
The official website of Kotoku-in, a Buddhist temple that enshrines Kamakura Daibutsu (Great Buddha of Kamakura), a colossal copper image of Amitabha Buddha (national treasure), as the principle image. Offers information on opening hours, admission fees, a...
www.kotoku-in.jp

The conservation and repair work on the Great Buddha completed in March, 2016. These photos were taken in 2011 - 2012 before the repair work took place.

The photos of Gundam were taken in 2018.

By the way. Check out another popular temple in Kamakura 鎌倉 City.

Hasedera Temple 長谷寺 in Kamakura 鎌倉 City Kanagawa 神奈川 Prefecture
I have been to many temples and shrines in Japan for sightseeing or hiking.As far as in and around Tokyo, one of my best temples is Hasedera Temple 長谷寺 in Kamakura 鎌倉City.
japancourse.com
January 16, 2019

Another sightseeing place in Odaiba お台場 Tokyo

teamLab Planets and Borderless are Artistic Light Museums in Tokyo: Produced by teamLab チームラボ
When I ask foreign tourists where they want go in Tokyo many people say that they plan to go to the museum of teamLab.
japancourse.com
April 7, 2019

My favorite beach in Kamakura

Yuigahama Beach 由比ガ浜海水浴場 in Kamakura 鎌倉 City Kanagawa 神奈川 Prefecture near Tokyo
There are many beach houses and bars open on the beach in 2022.Because of the pandemic, there aren't any beach houses or bars open on the beach in the summer of 2020. However, there are no restrictions from going on the beach. Swimming is allowed. Toilets ...
japancourse.com
January 17, 2019