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{{quote|The Great Buddha of Kamakura is not the only "great" Buddha in Japan, but he is the only one you can enter, by buying a ticket, through a door located smack in the middle of his big, brass belly. Sitting 37 feet tall, the brass Buddha, or Daibutsu, is best honored by the faithful placing flowers and oranges at his feet. This Daibutsu used to sit in a small, wooden house but he was rendered homeless after a tidal wave, tsunami, washed it away.|'''Pamphlet'''|Mario is Missing!}} | {{quote|The Great Buddha of Kamakura is not the only "great" Buddha in Japan, but he is the only one you can enter, by buying a ticket, through a door located smack in the middle of his big, brass belly. Sitting 37 feet tall, the brass Buddha, or Daibutsu, is best honored by the faithful placing flowers and oranges at his feet. This Daibutsu used to sit in a small, wooden house but he was rendered homeless after a tidal wave, tsunami, washed it away.|'''Pamphlet'''|Mario is Missing! (PC)}} | ||
[[File:GreatBuddhaofKamakura MIM.png|thumb|[[Luigi]]'s photograph of the Great Buddha of Kamakura]] | [[File:GreatBuddhaofKamakura MIM.png|thumb|[[Luigi]]'s photograph of the Great Buddha of Kamakura]] | ||
The '''[[Wikipedia:Kōtoku-in#The Great Buddha|Great Buddha of Kamakura]]''' (in Japanese: '''鎌倉の大仏'''; Rōmaji: ''Kamakura no Daibutsu'') is a 11-meter-tall bronze statue of [[wikipedia:Amitābha|Amitābha Buddha]] in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]. The Buddha is honored by placing flowers and oranges in front of him. In | The '''[[Wikipedia:Kōtoku-in#The Great Buddha|Great Buddha of Kamakura]]''' (in Japanese: '''鎌倉の大仏'''; Rōmaji: ''Kamakura no Daibutsu'') is a 11-meter-tall bronze statue of [[wikipedia:Amitābha|Amitābha Buddha]] in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]. The Buddha is honored by placing flowers and oranges in front of him. In the [[Mario is Missing! (PC)|PC]], [[Mario is Missing! (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)|SNES]], and [[Mario is Missing! (Nintendo Entertainment System)|NES versions of ''Mario is Missing!'']], [[Great Buddha's Orange|one such orange]] is stolen by a [[Koopa Troopa]] and must be returned by [[Luigi]]. However, to prove the authenticity of the orange, he must first answer two of the following trivia questions: | ||
*''The Buddha is:'' | *''The Buddha is:'' | ||
**made of copper | **made of copper | ||
Revision as of 23:31, June 30, 2024
- “The Great Buddha of Kamakura is not the only "great" Buddha in Japan, but he is the only one you can enter, by buying a ticket, through a door located smack in the middle of his big, brass belly. Sitting 37 feet tall, the brass Buddha, or Daibutsu, is best honored by the faithful placing flowers and oranges at his feet. This Daibutsu used to sit in a small, wooden house but he was rendered homeless after a tidal wave, tsunami, washed it away.”
- —Pamphlet, Mario is Missing! (PC)
Luigi's photograph of the Great Buddha of Kamakura
The Great Buddha of Kamakura (in Japanese: 鎌倉の大仏; Rōmaji: Kamakura no Daibutsu) is a 11-meter-tall bronze statue of Amitābha Buddha in Tokyo, Japan. The Buddha is honored by placing flowers and oranges in front of him. In the PC, SNES, and NES versions of Mario is Missing!, one such orange is stolen by a Koopa Troopa and must be returned by Luigi. However, to prove the authenticity of the orange, he must first answer two of the following trivia questions:
- The Buddha is:
- made of copper
- a former Sumo
- 37 feet tall
- made of wood
- You can pay extra to visit inside the Buddha's:
- belly
- naval orange
- wooden house
- bullet train
