![A Sculpture of a Buddhist Deity Made From 20,000 Beetles](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vlZm4V55ECG4K5_emiKsfo8-vU2c6ZiE8PpyBdzT8cR2UHvwNhg9KG96JhTZOirq1hv2WCJ0kAu2fK_C-yhPa15oxy9oBW6RIBgFUXJbdnoHjqKe48urfERs_gN-_PW4YWkUgAE___yqOGxWW8wYdcSQGEwBw2tay6kbuY6eG2zfkjwHaO4q4vTJuZFQEMlms=s0-d)
Located roughly an hour north from central Tokyo is a fairly nondescript government building: Itakura Town Hall in Gifu prefecture. The building houses a small gallery that counts among its collections various obscure pottery work and paintings as well as a glass-enclosed sculpture of a Buddhist deity made from roughly 20,000 beetles in numerous varieties. If you have any form of entomophobia or insectophobia I suggest you don’t read on.
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