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NaraShrines & Temples

Around Yoshino

Omine Okugake

The shugendo route from Yoshino through to Kumano. Parts of it are still closed to women.

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Asuka

Asukadera

The oldest full-scale temple in Japan. The Asuka Great Buddha has sat in the same place for 1,400 years.

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Kashihara

Kashihara Jingu

Held to be where Emperor Jimmu acceded. It holds a vast precinct at the foot of Mount Unebi.

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Ikaruga

Chuguji

Its half-seated meditating figure is called one of the three great smiles of the world.

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Ikaruga

Horinji (Ikaruga)

Its three-storey pagoda burned after a lightning strike, and was rebuilt through the efforts of Koda Aya and others.

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Ikaruga

Hokiji

Its three-storey pagoda is the oldest still standing, and a National Treasure.

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Sakurai

Abe Monjuin

One of the three great Monju temples of Japan. Its Monju Bosatsu by Kaikei is a National Treasure.

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Sakurai

Jusanjunoto

Said to be the only wooden thirteen-storey pagoda in the world.

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Kashihara

Fukada-ike

A pond reflecting Mount Unebi, which shows how wide the precinct is.

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Katsuragi

Taimadera

The only temple with both an east and a west three-storey pagoda. It preserves the Taima Mandala.

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Gose

Hitokotonushi Jinja

Said to grant a wish if you keep it to a single word. A great ginkgo stands here.

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Gose

Tenporinji

A shugendo mountain opened by En no Gyoja. It keeps a register of how many times each person has climbed.

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Nara

Akishinodera

Its Gigeiten figure is called the Muse of the East. The moss garden is beautiful.

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Nara

Shinyakushiji

The main hall and the Twelve Divine Generals are National Treasures. Empress Komyo built it praying for Emperor Shomu's recovery.

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Tamukeyama Hachimangu

Its deity was invited from Usa as the guardian of Todaiji. Known from a poem by Sugawara no Michizane.

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Uda

Gojunoto (Muroji)

The smallest five-storey pagoda standing outdoors in Japan, at 16 metres.

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Uda

Butsuryuji

Among the oldest tea plants in Japan survive here. Known for its thousand-year cherry.

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Yoshino

Nyoirinji

The tomb of Emperor Godaigo is here. Kusunoki Masatsura carved his farewell poem into the door.

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Heijokyu

The Suzakumon and the Daigokuden have been rebuilt. The frame of the old capital survives as open ground.

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Asuka

Ishibutai

Boulders weighing 2,300 tonnes in all. Held to be the tomb of Soga no Umako.

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Mantoro

About 3,000 lanterns are lit, twice a year at Setsubun and at Chugen.

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Omizutori

It has run without a break for more than 1,270 years. To be showered with sparks from the great torches is said to drive off misfortune.

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Nara Park

Twelve hundred wild deer. Held to be messengers of the Kasuga deity, they have long been protected.

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Yoshino

Mt. Yoshino

Thirty thousand shiroyama cherry trees. Shugendo practitioners planted them, generation after generation, as sacred trees.