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奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Todaiji

奈良市奈良

The Great Buddha was consecrated in 752. Its hall is among the largest wooden buildings standing anywhere. The Omizutori at Nigatsudo is the rite of d…

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Horyuji

斑鳩町奈良

Held to be the oldest wooden buildings standing anywhere in the world, and in 1993 among the first World Cultural Heritage sites in Japan. Thirteen ce…

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Kasuga Taisha

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The stone and hanging lanterns along the approach come to about 3,000. These too were all dedicated by worshippers, the same structure as the thousand…

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Omiwa Jinja

桜井市中和

It has no main hall: Mount Miwa itself is the deity. One of the oldest shrines in Japan, keeping the form of belief that came before worshipping a bui…

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Kofukuji

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Its five-storey pagoda stands about 50 metres, second only to Toji among wooden pagodas. It flourished as the clan temple of the Fujiwara.

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Yakushiji

奈良市奈良

The East Pagoda is a National Treasure and the only building surviving from the temple's founding. Each storey carries a pent roof, and it has been ca…

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

Toshodaiji

奈良市奈良

Founded by Jianzhen. After five failed crossings and the loss of his sight, the monk reached Japan and brought the precepts with him. The golden hall …

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.

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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.

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

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

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

奈良県 · Shrines & temples

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.

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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.

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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…

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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.