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Nara Prison Museum by Hoshino Resort
A facility in the former Nara Prison, an important cultural property and the only one of the Meiji era's five great prisons to survive entire.
Culture & History in Nara44 entries
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Before tracing culture and history — how shrines and temples differ, and how to pay respects
Many of Japan's cultural properties are found at shrines or temples. The two belong to different religions, and their entrances and ways of worship differ. Start with the differences and the etiquette.INSTAGRAM / 6
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Oriental Folk Museum
A museum in Nara showing folk material from around the world, mainly from Asia.
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Joruriji Temple
A temple with a Pure Land garden and nine Amida images. It stands in Kizugawa, Kyoto, though listed under Nara in the source.
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Daianji Temple
A temple descended from the Kumagori hermitage founded by Prince Shotoku, known for prayers against cancer.
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Ryosenji Temple
A temple said to have been founded by Gyoki in 736, named because the land resembles Vulture Peak in India.
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Kairyuoji Temple
A temple founded in 731, known as the temple where envoys to Tang China prayed for safe voyages.
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Byakugoji Temple
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
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
A Shingon Ritsu temple enshrining one of the largest stone seated Jizo images in Japan.
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Todaiji Temple Nigatsudo
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
A temple known for its three-storey pagoda and stone Buddhas. It stands in Kizugawa, Kyoto, though listed under Nara.
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Gokoin Temple
A branch temple of Todaiji, enshrining a seated Gokosiyui Amida said to have come from Song China.
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Mount Shigi Chogosonshiji Temple
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
A sub-temple of Taimadera, said to have begun as a training hall opened by En no Gyoja.
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Hozanji Temple
A temple partway up Mount Ikoma, founded in 1678 by Tankai, revered as a god of commerce.
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Koriyama Castle Ruins
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
A temple said to have been built in 718 by Prince Toneri, known as a temple of protection against misfortune.
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Katsuragi Niimasu Hitokotonushi Shrine
A shrine to the Hitokotonushi deity of Katsuragi, whose meeting with Emperor Yuryaku is recorded in the Nihon Shoki.
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Horinji Temple
A temple said to have been built in 622 by Prince Yamashiro no Oe in prayer for his father's recovery, with a three-storey pagoda.
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Taimadera Temple Okunoin
A sub-temple of Taimadera, built as the inner temple of Chion-in of the Jodo sect.
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Kichidenji Temple
A temple in Ikaruga, enshrining an Amida said to have been carved by Genshin from a great chestnut tree.
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Sekkoji Temple
A temple founded at the command of Emperor Tenji. A legend of Princess Chujo attaches to it, and it is known for winter peonies.
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Yatadera Temple
A temple in Yamatokoriyama, known for its hydrangeas in June and familiar as a temple of Jizo.