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Nara Prison Museum by Hoshino Resort
A facility in the former Nara Prison, an important cultural property and the only one of the Meiji era's five great prisons to survive entire.
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Yakushiji Temple
A temple built by Emperor Tenmu in prayer for his consort's recovery. The east pagoda stands from its founding and is a national treasure.
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Kofukuji Temple
The clan temple of the Fujiwara, moved here with the capital in 710, known for its five-storey pagoda and its Ashura figure.
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Todaiji Temple
A temple founded at the wish of Emperor Shomu, whose Great Buddha Hall enshrines a Vairocana about 15 metres high.
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Hokkeji Temple
The head national convent, founded at the wish of Empress Komyo, keeping a standing eleven-headed Kannon.
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Oriental Folk Museum
A museum in Nara showing folk material from around the world, mainly from Asia.
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Joruriji Temple
A temple with a Pure Land garden and nine Amida images. It stands in Kizugawa, Kyoto, though listed under Nara in the source.
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Daianji Temple
A temple descended from the Kumagori hermitage founded by Prince Shotoku, known for prayers against cancer.
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Toshodaiji Temple
A temple founded by the Tang priest Ganjin. Its main hall and lecture hall are national treasures.
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Ryosenji Temple
A temple said to have been founded by Gyoki in 736, named because the land resembles Vulture Peak in India.
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Gangoji Temple
A temple descended from Asukadera, built by Soga no Umako. It stands in Naramachi, and some of its roof tiles date from the Asuka period.
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Kairyuoji Temple
A temple founded in 731, known as the temple where envoys to Tang China prayed for safe voyages.
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Byakugoji Temple
A temple said to stand on the site of Prince Shiki's villa, known for its bush clover and five-coloured camellia.
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Saidaiji Temple
A temple founded in 764 at the wish of the retired Empress Koken, known for its great tea-bowl ceremony.
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Fukuchiin Temple
A Shingon Ritsu temple enshrining one of the largest stone seated Jizo images in Japan.
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Todaiji Temple Nigatsudo
A hall of Todaiji. Its Shunie rite in the second lunar month is known as Omizutori, the drawing of water.
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Gansenji Temple
A temple known for its three-storey pagoda and stone Buddhas. It stands in Kizugawa, Kyoto, though listed under Nara.
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Gokoin Temple
A branch temple of Todaiji, enshrining a seated Gokosiyui Amida said to have come from Song China.
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Horyuji Temple
A temple said to have been founded in 607 by Prince Shotoku and Empress Suiko. A World Heritage site as the oldest wooden buildings in the world.
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Mount Shigi Chogosonshiji Temple
A temple said to have been founded by Prince Shotoku in 587, partway up Mount Shigi, known for its papier-mache tigers.
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Taimadera Temple Nakanobo
A sub-temple of Taimadera, said to have begun as a training hall opened by En no Gyoja.
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Hozanji Temple
A temple partway up Mount Ikoma, founded in 1678 by Tankai, revered as a god of commerce.
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Koriyama Castle Ruins
The site of a castle built by Junkei Tsutsui and made his base by Toyotomi Hidenaga, known for its cherry blossom.
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Matsuoji Temple
A temple said to have been built in 718 by Prince Toneri, known as a temple of protection against misfortune.