Shimizu Magaibutsu (Buddhist images carved on rock wall) (清水磨崖仏群)

The Sanskrit characters and line engravings carved with thoughts on a rock wall.

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Many Buddhists related sites still remain around the Kawanabe area, and Shimizu Magaibutsu is the biggest among them.
Approximately 200 Buddhist images carved on rock wall (20 meters of height x 400 meters of width) along the Manose River.
It is a historically and Buddhistically valuable site and it's scale is unprecedented.

Basic Information

Address 鹿児島県南九州市川辺町清水薬師ノ下
Telephone Number 0993-83-4433(南九州市文化財課)
Directions About 60 minutes by car from Kagoshima city.
Website Visit Japanese Website
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