A giant baseball glove is being stitched together for the Great Buddha of Nara as part of efforts to boost the spirits of children in Tohoku, which was hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
The project, initiated by a baseball glove-maker in Nara Prefecture, will involve children in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures. They will be asked to sew part of the 3.6-meter-long creation later this year, in a bid to set a Guinness world record for the largest-ever leather glove.
The glove will be dedicated to Todaiji, the temple housing the 15-meter-high statue of the Great Buddha. The statue's right hand is about 2.6 meters long.