The Tokyo Daibutsu may vanquish the forces of evil on a regular basis (or whatever it did, I'm happy to say I've never seen the program) but it was brought to its knees by yesterday's wimpy little typhoon:

Rumour has it that the Kamakura Gundam is still sitting comfortably, having seen much worse in his 750+ years...including regular typhoons, a notable tsunami that destroyed his house, and major earthquakes roughly every 80 years.

Rumour has it that the Kamakura Gundam is still sitting comfortably, having seen much worse in his 750+ years...including regular typhoons, a notable tsunami that destroyed his house, and major earthquakes roughly every 80 years.
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That Gundam is a real rock
Dear Fluffy Bunny,
Apparently he actually survived the typhoon and is just being dismantled as planned at the end of August, although I think (from my very dodgy translation of Japanese news) that the closing ceremony was cancelled because of the typhoon. However - the pyramid-shaped (or perhaps cone-shaped) seated buddha is clearly a good shape for a structure in a disaster prone country. I wonder why everyone keeps building cuboids instead...
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