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Horyuji Kondo
The oldest wooden buildings standing anywhere in the world. Among the first World Cultural Heritage sites in Japan.
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Yakushiji Toto
Called frozen music. The stacked pent roofs make it look six-storeyed, but it is a three-storey pagoda.
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NaraShrines & TemplesYoshino
Yoshino Mikumari Jinja
The word mikumari, water-parting, shifted to mikomori, child-guarding, and became a faith for conceiving a child.
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Omine Okugake
The shugendo route from Yoshino through to Kumano. Parts of it are still closed to women.
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Kashihara Jingu
Held to be where Emperor Jimmu acceded. It holds a vast precinct at the foot of Mount Unebi.
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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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Abe Monjuin
One of the three great Monju temples of Japan. Its Monju Bosatsu by Kaikei is a National Treasure.
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Hitokotonushi Jinja
Said to grant a wish if you keep it to a single word. A great ginkgo stands here.
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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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Akishinodera
Its Gigeiten figure is called the Muse of the East. The moss garden is beautiful.
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