Last day in Nagasaki

My last day of walking around Nagasaki,  I visited a temple that I saw out of my hotel room window. I saw it at just the right angle, and it looked like a giant turtle head.

I just happened to open my curtains and saw it, so I figured I would walk up to it.

The original temple was destroyed in the atomic blast, and this is what they rebuilt.

Fukusaiji Temple.
Starting from the top, there is an aluminum statue of Kannon, the Goddess of Mercy, that towers over the temple 18 meters in the air. She can be seen from the moment you turn to walk up the hill where the temple sits proudly at the top. The statue stands on a turtle’s back, which forms the walls and roof of the temple that symbolises Buddha. The turtle also has a silver aluminum head that hangs over the doorway and shines brightly as the sun catches it at sunset. Children are at the feet of the Goddess Kannon. With her left hand, she is said to be giving nectar to the victims who are suffering, and with her right, she is praying that the victims sleep peacefully.