Hotei Great Buddha
Japan's largest privately owned Buddha statue, which went viral for appearing to wear sunglasses when train signals light up behind it.
Hotei Great Buddha appears in 1 of the 16 Nagoya vlogs we indexed, from 2026.
The moment in the vlog
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- Hoang Pham
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Shoot from near the cemetery; trains pass about every 5 minutes and the signal flashes only briefly.
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