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NaraShrines & Temples
Sakurai

Omiwa Jinja

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 building. Miwa somen is said to have spread from the method handed down in this shrine's priestly family.

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Sakurai

Tanzan Jinja

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 Kamatari conferred on the Taika Reform.

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NaraArt & Crafts
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Shorinji

Nearly discarded when Shinto and Buddhism were forcibly separated, and rescued by Fenollosa - a summit of Nara dry-lacquer sculpture.

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