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Ofusa Kannon Temple (おふさ観音) / Nara

Ofusa Kannon Temple is located in Kashihara, Nara. This small temple treats you with a wide variety of roses, and other varieties of flowers throughout year.

  • Shrines & Temples

Yata-dera Temple (矢田寺) / Nara

Yata-dera Temple is one of the Shingon sect temples in Yamato-Kooriyama, Nara. People visit to see the 10,000 hydrangea plants in bloom during the season.

  • Shrines & Temples
  • UNESCO World Heritage

Todai-ji Temple (東大寺) / Nara

Todai-ji Temple in Nara, one of Japan’s most famous and historically significant temples ,houses the largest metal statue of the Buddha in the world.

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Butsuryu-ji Temple (佛隆寺) / Nara

Butsuryu-ji Temple in Uda city has the biggest and oldest cherry blossom in Nara. You can also see blossoms of “higanbana” in autumn.

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  • UNESCO World Heritage

Toshodai-ji Temple (唐招提寺) / Nara

Toshodai-ji Temple was founded in the year 759 by the Buddhist monk Ganjin, a Chinese priest who was invited to Japan by the emperor in order to train priests

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  • UNESCO World Heritage

Kofuku-ji Temple (興福寺) / Nara

Kofuku-ji Temple in Nara used to be the family temple of the Fujiwara. The temple has the symbol of Nara, a 50 meter tall, Japan’s seccond tallest pagoda.

  • Autumn
  • Shrines & Temples

Muro-ji Temple (室生寺) / Nara

Muro-ji is a large temple located in the mountain Muro-yama, where the temple stands, has been considered a holy place since ancient times.

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Horyu-ji Temple (法隆寺) / Nara

Horyu-ji in Nara, the world’s oldest wooden construction, was founded in 607 by Prince Shotoku, who is credited with the early promotion of Buddhism in Japan. 

  • Autumn
  • Shrines & Temples

Hase-dera Temple / Nara

Hase-dera Temple, located in the the mountains east of the Asuka region, Nara, situated in a valley has over 30 buildings built up along the hillside.

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