Sendai Daikannon

Sendai Daikannon, located in Sendai, Japan, is the sixth tallest statue in the world at 100 meters (328 feet).

An elevator takes tourists to the top of the statue, which depicts the Japanese Buddhist Bodhisattva Kannon.

Sendai (仙台市 Sendai-shi^?) is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and the largest city in the Tōhoku Region. On 11 March 2011, coastal areas of the city suffered catastrophic damage from a magnitude 9.0 offshore earthquake^[1][2][3] which triggered a destructive tsunami.^[4]