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A temple in Yamatokoriyama, known for its hydrangeas in June and familiar as a temple of Jizo.
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Yata-dera is a Koyasan Shingon sect temple in Yatacho, Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture. Its mountain name is Yatayama. The principal image is Jizo Bosatsu. Its formal name is Kongosen-ji. It is also called the 'Hydrangea Temple,' and about 10,000 plants of about 60 kinds of hydrangea are planted in the precincts. Also, Kongozan Yata-dera in Teramachi-dori Sanjo, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, now belongs to a different sect, but according to the temple tradition of Kyoto Yata-dera, it was opened in the early Nara period as a branch temple of this temple.
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