Makomanai Takino Cemetery (Head Daibutsu & Moai)

真駒内滝野霊園（頭大仏・モアイ像）まこまないたきのれいえん（あたまだいぶつ・もあいぞう）

A vast public-park cemetery, run by a public-interest body, where moai statues, a stonehenge, six Jizō, Kannon images and the Tadao Andō-designed Atama Daibutsu (Head Buddha) hall stand side by side. Per the official site, the larger moai reach 9.5 m tall and 120 t, and the Head Buddha hall is 13.5 m high and weighs 1,500 t, with only the giant Buddha's head emerging from a hill. A modern memorial space whose scale and mash-up of monuments is genuinely uncanny.

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H I G H L I G H T S

Highlights

01Moai statues up to about 9.5 m tall lining the main gate
02The Tadao Andō-designed Atama Daibutsu, its head rising from a hill
03Stonehenge and monuments from around the world scattered across the cemetery grounds

A C C E S S ／ M E T A

Essentials

Location: Hokkaidō Minami Ward, Sapporo City
Address: 北海道札幌市南区滝野2
Fee: 園内見学は無料、頭大仏殿は拝観寄付金あり
Hours: 開門 4月〜10月 7:00〜19:00、11月〜3月 7:00〜18:00。頭大仏殿は季節で異なる
Status: 現存
Official: https://www.takinoreien.com/pages/49/

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