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Heisenji Hakusan Shrine(平泉寺白山神社)

へいせんじはくさんじんじゃ Heisenji Hakusan Shrine

Heisenji Hakusan Shrine(平泉寺白山神社)

Photo: 藤谷良秀(Fujitani Yoshihide) / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Source

A religious city of 6,000 lodgings, now under moss - only the stone paths still run through the forest. A National Historic Site.

TypeArchitecture
GenreArchitecture / Outdoor art / Land art
City / townKatsuyama
Area in the prefectureReihoku

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Where is Heisenji Hakusan Shrine?
It is in Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It is an architecture.
What can I see at Heisenji Hakusan Shrine?
A religious city of 6,000 lodgings, now under moss - only the stone paths still run through the forest. The focus is architecture, land art.
When was Heisenji Hakusan Shrine established?
It dates from 717 by tradition.

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