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奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Omine Okugake

吉野町ほか吉野

The shugendo route from Yoshino through to Kumano. Parts of it are still closed to women.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Asukadera

明日香村中和

The oldest full-scale temple in Japan. The Asuka Great Buddha has sat in the same place for 1,400 years.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Kashihara Jingu

橿原市中和

Held to be where Emperor Jimmu acceded. It holds a vast precinct at the foot of Mount Unebi.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Chuguji

斑鳩町奈良

Its half-seated meditating figure is called one of the three great smiles of the world.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Horinji (Ikaruga)

斑鳩町奈良

Its three-storey pagoda burned after a lightning strike, and was rebuilt through the efforts of Koda Aya and others.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Hokiji

斑鳩町奈良

Its three-storey pagoda is the oldest still standing, and a National Treasure.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Abe Monjuin

桜井市中和

One of the three great Monju temples of Japan. Its Monju Bosatsu by Kaikei is a National Treasure.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Jusanjunoto

桜井市中和

Said to be the only wooden thirteen-storey pagoda in the world.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Fukada-ike

橿原市中和

A pond reflecting Mount Unebi, which shows how wide the precinct is.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Taimadera

葛城市中和

The only temple with both an east and a west three-storey pagoda. It preserves the Taima Mandala.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Hitokotonushi Jinja

御所市中和

Said to grant a wish if you keep it to a single word. A great ginkgo stands here.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Tenporinji

御所市中和

A shugendo mountain opened by En no Gyoja. It keeps a register of how many times each person has climbed.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Akishinodera

奈良市奈良

Its Gigeiten figure is called the Muse of the East. The moss garden is beautiful.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Shinyakushiji

奈良市奈良

The main hall and the Twelve Divine Generals are National Treasures. Empress Komyo built it praying for Emperor Shomu's recovery.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Tamukeyama Hachimangu

奈良市奈良

Its deity was invited from Usa as the guardian of Todaiji. Known from a poem by Sugawara no Michizane.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Gojunoto (Muroji)

宇陀市東和

The smallest five-storey pagoda standing outdoors in Japan, at 16 metres.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Butsuryuji

宇陀市東和

Among the oldest tea plants in Japan survive here. Known for its thousand-year cherry.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Nyoirinji

吉野町吉野

The tomb of Emperor Godaigo is here. Kusunoki Masatsura carved his farewell poem into the door.

奈良県 · Tourism

Heijokyu

奈良市奈良

The Suzakumon and the Daigokuden have been rebuilt. The frame of the old capital survives as open ground.

奈良県 · Tourism

Ishibutai

明日香村中和

Boulders weighing 2,300 tonnes in all. Held to be the tomb of Soga no Umako.

奈良県 · Tourism

Mantoro

奈良市奈良

About 3,000 lanterns are lit, twice a year at Setsubun and at Chugen.

奈良県 · Tourism

Omizutori

奈良市奈良

It has run without a break for more than 1,270 years. To be showered with sparks from the great torches is said to drive off misfortune.

奈良県 · Tourism

Nara Park

奈良市奈良

Twelve hundred wild deer. Held to be messengers of the Kasuga deity, they have long been protected.

奈良県 · Tourism

Mt. Yoshino

吉野町吉野

Thirty thousand shiroyama cherry trees. Shugendo practitioners planted them, generation after generation, as sacred trees.