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Halls wedged into a rock mountain up 1,015 stone steps, where Basho wrote his most famous haiku.
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You may also be looking for the voice actor Kōichi Yamadera. Yama-dera (山寺, lit. "Mountain Temple") (山号 宝珠山; Sangō Hōshu-zan) is the popular name for the Buddhist temple of Risshaku-ji (立石寺) located northeast of Yamagata, in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Its main image is a hibutsu statue of Yakushi Nyorai. The temple has been a place for pilgrimage for centuries, and is designated as both a Place of Scenic Beauty and as a National Historic Site It is located within the borders of the Zaō Quasi-National Park. The temple buildings clinging to the steep, forested, rocky hillsides are picturesque and unusual.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded / opened：860 Highlights / collection：Halls clinging to the rock, Founder's Hall and sutra repository Genre：Architecture
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