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Katsuyama

A precinct covered in moss. It is said once to have held 48 shrines, 36 halls and 6,000 lodgings.

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Moss from end to end. At its height it is said to have kept eight thousand warrior monks.

Katsuyama

Seventeen metres tall, a seated figure larger than the Great Buddha of Nara.

Katsuyama

The Echizen-side starting point for the climb up Hakusan, and also dinosaur fossil country.

Katsuyama

Much of Japan's dinosaur fossil material comes from this prefecture. Fifty full skeletons on display.

Katsuyama

A habutae silk town whose brick and saw-tooth mills survive, some converted into exhibition space.

Katsuyama

Stone Buddhas set along the pilgrim path to Mt Haku, the walking distance itself a measure of devotion.