Shizuoka is the capital of Shizuoka Prefecture, and is the second largest city after Hamamatsu City in terms of population and area. With an area of 1.373.85,10 km² and a population of 695.928 inhab., including about 10.964 foreign citizens, being 552 Brazilians, 113 Peruvians, 190 Americans, 13 Argentines, 21 Bolivians, 9 Paraguay, 2.223 Chinese, 1.330 Philippines, 1,268 Koreans, 164 Thai, 1,141 Vietnam, 266 Sri Lanka, 27 Mongolia, 472 Indonesia, 75 India, 616 Nepal, and others…
The Ikawa Buddha is an all-white concrete statue, 11 meters tall, weighing over 20 tons, which was inaugurated in Shizuoka City on November 1, 1980 and took approximately 4 years …