※This article was published at April 2015.※
Hi, Navio here!
I climbed the 鋸山 (Nokogiri Yama), located in Chiba Pref. last week.
It was tiring but I had so much fun!
On the way back down from the top, me and my friends decided to make a visit to the 百尺観音 (Hyaku Shaku Kanon).
The name is so cool, right?
Sounds like some mystical final boss in a RPG game or something like that.
So here it is.
The Hyaku Shaku Kanon, or literally means A Hundred Shaku Kanon.
Shaku (尺) is an old unit of measurement, referring to a length of 30.3 cm.
Hyaku Shaku or a Hundred Shaku means … you count! :D
Kanon is a way Japanese people call Guanyin / Bodhisattva Guanyin, or also well-known as the Mercy Goddess / Goddess of Mercy in English.
You must have heard of her somewhere, right?
I know her from the series “Kera Sakti”, where people pray to her and address her as “Dewi Kwan Im”
Yes, she is the woman in white, on a lotus with a magical pot (and a plant, something like bamboo leaves, I suppose)
http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwan_Im
Hi, Navio here!
I climbed the 鋸山 (Nokogiri Yama), located in Chiba Pref. last week.
It was tiring but I had so much fun!
On the way back down from the top, me and my friends decided to make a visit to the 百尺観音 (Hyaku Shaku Kanon).
The name is so cool, right?
Sounds like some mystical final boss in a RPG game or something like that.
So here it is.
The Hyaku Shaku Kanon, or literally means A Hundred Shaku Kanon.
Shaku (尺) is an old unit of measurement, referring to a length of 30.3 cm.
Hyaku Shaku or a Hundred Shaku means … you count! :D
Kanon is a way Japanese people call Guanyin / Bodhisattva Guanyin, or also well-known as the Mercy Goddess / Goddess of Mercy in English.
You must have heard of her somewhere, right?
I know her from the series “Kera Sakti”, where people pray to her and address her as “Dewi Kwan Im”
Yes, she is the woman in white, on a lotus with a magical pot (and a plant, something like bamboo leaves, I suppose)
http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwan_Im
The making of this statue took 6 years (昭和35－昭和41) and as you can see on the little sign close to Kanon’s lotus,
航海、航空、陸上交通の安全守護 (koukai, koukuu, rikujou koutsuu no anzen shugo)
= protector of sail / voyage, aviation / flying, ground transportation safety.
Hyaku Shaku Kanon is an idol that’s being worshipped by people for the safety.
Have you finished counting?
Hyaku Shaku = … cm
The answer is 100 x 30.3 cm = 3030 cm = 30.30 m !
Here’s a comparison of a grown-up man with the statue.
Make sure to visit her when you get to go to Nokogiriyama!
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