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Yet another in the less-than-perfect translation sign series. The Japanese actually says "no smoking - use of tripods prohibited" - but I guess the important thing they wanted to get across was the fact that photos ARE indeed permitted, just not tripods (and ciggies). Though you wouldn't think it from the stereotype of the Japanese tourist with multiple cameras hanging from his/her neck, photos actually are prohibited at certain places - notably inside museums.

The big boy himself, big enough so a flash doesn't reach as far as you'd hope. As I recall, the Big Buddha and the temple housing it were completed in 751 a.d. and repaired numerous times (to give an example, the head's fallen off three times so far).