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奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Hasedera (Nara)

桜井市中和

Beyond 399 covered steps stands the National Treasure main hall. Famous for peonies, it is called the temple of flowers.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Tanzan Jinja

桜井市中和

Its wooden thirteen-storey pagoda is said to be the only one in the world. The name comes from the spot where Prince Naka no Oe and Nakatomi no Kamata…

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Todaiji Daibutsu

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About 15 metres tall. Some 2.6 million people are said to have taken part in casting it.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Nandaimon

奈良市奈良

It houses the Nio guardians by Unkei and Kaikei, the two figures finished in 69 days.

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Shosoin

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A treasury in azekura log construction. Objects that came along the Silk Road were kept here for 1,200 years.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Kasugayama Genshirin

奈良市奈良

Felling has been forbidden here for more than a thousand years. Faith is what left the forest standing.

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Kofukuji Gojunoto

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About 50 metres tall. The second highest wooden pagoda in Japan.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Ashura

奈良市奈良

A youth with three faces and six arms. Made in dry lacquer, and famous for its troubled expression.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Horyuji Kondo

斑鳩町奈良

The oldest wooden buildings standing anywhere in the world. Among the first World Cultural Heritage sites in Japan.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Yumedono

斑鳩町奈良

An octagonal hall. Its hidden Guze Kannon stayed wrapped in white cloth until the Meiji era.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Yakushiji Toto

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Called frozen music. The stacked pent roofs make it look six-storeyed, but it is a three-storey pagoda.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Gangoji

奈良市奈良

Asuka-period tiles are still laid on its roof, the oldest roof tiles in Japan.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Miwayama

桜井市中和

The sacred body of Omiwa Jinja itself. To climb it you must apply and wear a white sash.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Noborirou

桜井市中和

Three hundred and ninety-nine roofed steps. Famous for peonies, it is called the temple of flowers.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Muroji

宇陀市東和

Where Koyasan barred women, this temple took them in, and was called the Koyasan for women. Its five-storey pagoda is the smallest National Treasure p…

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Zaodo

吉野町吉野

The central seat of shugendo. Its three blue Zao Gongen are hidden images.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Yoshino Mikumari Jinja

吉野町吉野

The word mikumari, water-parting, shifted to mikomori, child-guarding, and became a faith for conceiving a child.

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.

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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.

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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.