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NaraShrines & TemplesHeld to be the oldest wooden buildings standing anywhere in the world, and in 1993 among the first World Cultural Heritage sites in Japan. Thirteen centuries, and the timber still stands. That is not only a fact about material. It means the people repairing it never once broke the chain.
NaraShrines & TemplesThe oldest wooden buildings standing anywhere in the world. Among the first World Cultural Heritage sites in Japan.
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NaraShrines & TemplesIts three-storey pagoda burned after a lightning strike, and was rebuilt through the efforts of Koda Aya and others.
NaraShrines & TemplesNaraArt & CraftsThe impossibly slender Kudara Kannon, and a shrine once carpeted in beetle wings - the Asuka sense of beauty at its clearest.
NaraMuseumsAn unlooted coffin yielded gilt-bronze horse trappings pierced with elephants and phoenixes - evidence of continental contact.