Watercolour and
crayon
©2015 Charlene Brown
The Todaiji temple complex includes
a hall that was until 1998 the world’s largest wooden building, rebuilt three
times after two fires and a typhoon. This hall houses the world’s largest
bronze Daibutsu, a magnificent statue of the Buddha, almost 15 m. in height, that
more than makes up for having to traverse the prevailing deer menace…
In Nara, both the Todaiji
Temple and the Kasuga Shrine are surrounded by deer parks that proved to be a
challenge for those of us with the usual Victoria deer attitude – and it turned
out the Nara deer have attitude as well, especially toward anyone who hasn’t
come up with 150 Yen for deer cookies. Actually, they are a little easier to
deal with than Victoria deer as they are very small and obey traffic signals.
