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平城宮跡

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The centre of Heijo-kyo, to which the capital moved from Fujiwara-kyo in 710. The Suzaku gate and the great audience hall have been rebuilt.

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Koho: Nara Area

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A publicity entry left in the source table. It is not a place.

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Daianji Temple

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A temple descended from the Kumagori hermitage founded by Prince Shotoku, known for prayers against cancer.

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唐招提寺

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A temple founded by the Tang priest Ganjin. Its main hall and lecture hall are national treasures.

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Ryosenji Temple

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A temple said to have been founded by Gyoki in 736, named because the land resembles Vulture Peak in India.

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元興寺

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A temple descended from Asukadera, built by Soga no Umako. It stands in Naramachi, and some of its roof tiles date from the Asuka period.

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Kairyuoji Temple

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A temple founded in 731, known as the temple where envoys to Tang China prayed for safe voyages.

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Byakugoji Temple

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A temple said to stand on the site of Prince Shiki's villa, known for its bush clover and five-coloured camellia.

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Saidaiji Temple

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A temple founded in 764 at the wish of the retired Empress Koken, known for its great tea-bowl ceremony.

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Fukuchiin Temple

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A Shingon Ritsu temple enshrining one of the largest stone seated Jizo images in Japan.

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Nara Park

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A wide park taking in the grounds of Kasuga Taisha, Kofukuji and Todaiji, where deer roam freely.

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Todaiji Temple Nigatsudo

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A hall of Todaiji. Its Shunie rite in the second lunar month is known as Omizutori, the drawing of water.

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Gansenji Temple

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A temple known for its three-storey pagoda and stone Buddhas. It stands in Kizugawa, Kyoto, though listed under Nara.

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Suzakumon Gate

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A reconstruction of the main gate of the Heijo Palace. From here Suzaku Avenue, 74 metres wide, ran south.

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Fukuin Temple

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A Shingon Ritsu temple in Nara, backed by Mount Kasuga, with Fukukensaku Kannon as its principal image.

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Gokoin Temple

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A branch temple of Todaiji, enshrining a seated Gokosiyui Amida said to have come from Song China.

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法隆寺

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A temple said to have been founded in 607 by Prince Shotoku and Empress Suiko. A World Heritage site as the oldest wooden buildings in the world.

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Mount Shigi Chogosonshiji Temple

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A temple said to have been founded by Prince Shotoku in 587, partway up Mount Shigi, known for its papier-mache tigers.

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Taimadera Temple Nakanobo

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A sub-temple of Taimadera, said to have begun as a training hall opened by En no Gyoja.

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Hozanji Temple

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A temple partway up Mount Ikoma, founded in 1678 by Tankai, revered as a god of commerce.

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Katsuragi Plateau

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Uplands near the summit of 960-metre Mount Katsuragi, where azaleas turn the slope red in early summer.

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Koriyama Castle Ruins

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The site of a castle built by Junkei Tsutsui and made his base by Toyotomi Hidenaga, known for its cherry blossom.

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Matsuoji Temple

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A temple said to have been built in 718 by Prince Toneri, known as a temple of protection against misfortune.

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Ikoma Sanjo Amusement Park

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An amusement park on the summit of 642-metre Mount Ikoma, opened in 1929.