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Natadera

Ishikawa · Komatsu · Architecture

Japanese name: 那谷寺

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Halls built into the rock caves; garden, cliff and architecture composed as a single continuous view.

WHEREIshikawa

Kaga · Komatsu

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Halls built into the rock caves; garden, cliff and architecture composed as a single continuous view.

About this place

Nata-dera (那谷寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Kōyasan Shingon-shū sect of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon (primary image) is a hibutsu hidden statue of Senjū Kannon. The temple is connected by tradition to the 33-temple Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage route, but is not a numbered temple on that pilgrimage. The gardens of the Kuri are designed as a National Place of Scenic Beauty, and the entire precincts are covered by a separate National Place of Scenic Beauty designation as a components of the "Landscape of Oku no Hosomichi "

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Founded / opened:717 (traditional) Highlights / collection:Strange-rock Yusenkyo, Kakezukuri main shrine, Three-storey pagoda Genre:Architecture, Outdoor art and land art

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