The Sendai Daikannon is a statue of the bodhisattva Byakue Kannon, the white-robed Kannon, in Sendai, Japan. The figure is female and holds a cintamani gem. Its official name is Sendai Tendou Byakue Daikannon. It was completed on September 1, 1991, and at that time it was the tallest statue in the world.
The statue is 302 feet (92 meters) tall, or 328 feet (100 meters) with its pedestal, though the second figure carries a citation-needed tag. Ushiku Daibutsu surpassed it in 1993. The article calls it the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan and the tenth tallest in the world. It names no designer or sculptor.
Visitors can enter the statue for a small fee. The first floor holds many large statues of Buddha and mythical kings. An elevator rises to the twelfth level, and visitors then walk down by stairs and ramps. Each level displays Buddhas in wooden cabinets, which the article puts at 108 in total.
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