A huge Buddhist stature, Byakue-Kannon ( white-robed Kannon ) on the top of Mount Kannonyama 　高崎白衣大観音


This Kannon statue is tall with the height of 41.8 meters and the weight of 6,000 tons. Since it was built in 1936,
the great statue has been popular among citizens as the symbol of Takasaki. Visitors can walk inside the statue up
to the height of its shoulder.

この観音像は高さ41.8メートル、重さ6,000トンと非常に高く、1936年の建立以来、高崎のシンボルとして市民に
親しまれてきました。参拝者は像の肩の高さまで内部に入ることができます。



Takasaki Station　高崎駅


Takasaki has a population of about 380,000 concentrated around the main station, which is connected to Tokyo
via the Joetsu Shinkansen or Shonen-Shinjuku line. When you take a shinkansen line from Tokyo Station, it may
take one hour-ride. From Shinjuku Station, it is wise to take the Shonan-Shinjuku Line to Takasaki.
It takes two hours. There are buses to Mount Kannonyam from the railway station.

高崎市の人口は約38万人で主要駅の周辺に集中しています。高崎駅は上越新幹線または湘南新宿ラインで東京と結ばれています。
東京駅から新幹線を利用すると所要時間は1時間ほどです。新宿駅からは湘南新宿ラインで高崎まで2時間です。
駅から観音山行きのバスも運行しています。


(L) A guide map of Kannonnyama area (R) An approach way to Bakue-Kannon　白衣大観音への道

Various flowers decorate the roadside.　路肩の花々

An inside admission ticket　￥300

(L) Buddha 釈迦如来 and Hayagriva 馬頭観音 (R) Wisteria is bloomed at the base of Byakue-Kannon.　藤の花

The last days of Buddha teachings (Wikipedia )

Byakue-kannon complex

A primitive forest of Mount Takasakiyama　高崎山の森林


ひびき橋　 Hibikibashi suspension bridge is not too far from Byakue-kannon.

　A railway heritage, Usui Pass
　Karuizawa-Mampei Hotel
　　　　　　　　　　　　＋Karuizawa in autumn

　高崎白衣観音
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The article was written and a photography was taken in May 2017, by Junhaku Miyamoto, M.D., PhD.
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