| 1．Enshō-ji (Nara) ・ |
| Enshō-ji (圓照寺 or 円照寺) is a Buddhist temple complex in Nara founded by Queen Bunchi, daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo, in 1656. Together with Chūgū-ji and Hokke-ji, it is considered one of the Three Yamato Monzeki (大和三門跡), or imperial temples, belonging to the Myōshin-ji school of Rinzai Zen.[1] The temple served as model for Gesshū-ji (月修寺) in Yukio Mishima's Spring Snow and was used as one of the locations for the filming of its 2005 dramatization. |
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| 2．Gangō-ji ・11 Chūin-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Shingon Ritsu |
| Gangō-ji (元興寺) is an ancient Buddhist temple, that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, in Nara, Japan. |
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| 3．Kikō-ji ・508 Sugawara-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Hossō |
| Kikō-ji (喜光寺) is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan. Founded in the eighth century, its Muromachi-period Hondō and the Heian-period statue of Amida Nyorai enshrined within are Important Cultural Properties. |
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| 4．Saidai-ji ・1-1-5 Saidaiji Shibachō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Shingon Ritsu |
| Saidai-ji (西大寺) or the "Great Western Temple" is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples in the city of Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The temple was first established in AD 765 as a counterpart to Tōdai-ji and it is the main temple of the Shingon Risshu (真言律宗) sect of Buddhism after the sect's founder, Eison (叡尊), took over administration in 1238.[1] It has undergone several reconstruction efforts since then during the succeeding centuries. |
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| 5．Shin-Yakushi-ji ・1352 Takabatake-chō, Nara-shi, Nara-ken630-8301 ・Kegon sect |
| Shin-Yakushi-ji (新薬師寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Kegon sect in Nara, Japan. It was founded in 747 by Empress Kōmyō. Initially a large complete Shichidō garan temple, it suffered from fire damage and deteriorated during the Heian period. The temple was revived during the Kamakura period. Only one building, the present main hall or Hon-dō (本堂), has survived from the 8th century. All other structures date to the Kamakura period. |
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| 6．Daian-ji ・ |
| 34°40′05″N 135°48′46″E / 34.668°N 135.812722°E / 34.668; 135.812722 Daian-ji (大安寺) was founded during the Asuka period and is one of the Seven Great Temples of Nara, Japan. |
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| 7．Tōshōdai-ji ・13–46 Gojō-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Risshū |
| Tōshōdai-ji (唐招提寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Risshū sect in the city of Nara, in Nara Prefecture, Japan. The Classic Golden Hall, also known as the kondō, has a single story, hipped tiled roof with a seven bay wide facade. It is considered the archetype of "classical style". It was founded in 759 by the Tang dynasty Chinese monk Jianzhen during the Nara period. Jianzhen was hired by the newly empowered clans to travel in search of funding from private aristocrats as well. |
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| 8．Tōdai-ji ・ Japan 1 Zōshi-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Kegon |
| Tōdai-ji (東大寺, Todaiji temple, "Eastern Great Temple") is a Buddhist temple complex that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, located in the city of Nara, Japan. Though it was originally founded in the year 738 CE, Tōdai-ji was not opened until the year 752 CE. The construcion of the temple was an attempt to imitate Chinese temples from the much-admired Tang dynasty. The temple has undergone several reconstructions since then, with the most significant reconstruction (that of the Great Buddha Hall) taking place in 1709.[1] Its Great Buddha Hall (大仏殿 Daibutsuden) houses the world's largest bronze statue of the Buddha Vairocana, known in Japanese as Daibutsu (大仏). The temple also serves as the Japanese headquarters of the Kegon school of Buddhism. The temple is a listed UNESCO World Heritage Site as one of the "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara", together with seven other sites including temples, shrines and places in the city of Nara. |
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| 9．Hannya-ji ・221 Hannyaji-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Shingon Ritsu |
| Hannya-ji (般若寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon Ritsu sect in Nara, Japan. Its foundation is variously dated, but mention in a document in the Shōsōin provides a terminus ante quem of the mid-eighth century. |
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| 10．Byakugō-ji ・392 Byakugōji-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Shingon Risshū |
| Byakugō-ji (白毫寺) is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan. A number of wooden statues of the Heian and Kamakura periods have been designated Important Cultural Properties and the temple's five-coloured camellias are a Prefectural Natural Monument.[1][2] |
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| 11．Futai-ji ・ ・Buddhist |
| Futai-ji (不退寺), also known as Narihira-dera (業平寺), is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan. The temple was opened by Ariwara no Narihira in 847, known as the author of the Tales of Ise. The temple was built over a place where it was formerly a mansion of Narihira's grandfather, former Emperor Heizei. The main hall houses a Shō-kannon (聖観音) (a form of Avalokiteśvara or Guan Yin) buddha image as its primary worship object, surrounded by five Myo-O, as well as a small Shinto shrine also inside the same building. |
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| 12．Hokke-ji ・882 Hokkeji-chō, Nara-shi, Nara-ken ・Kōmyō |
| Hokke-ji (法華寺, Hokke-ji), is a Buddhist temple in the city of Nara, Japan. Hokke-ji was built by Empress Kōmyō in 745, originally as a nunnery temple on the grounds where her father Fujiwara no Fuhito's mansion stood. According to records kept by the temple, the initial construction went on until around 782. It once had a large complex with several halls, gates, and two pagodas. |
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| 13．Yakushi-ji ・457 Nishinokyō-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Hossō |
| Yakushi-ji (薬師寺) is one of the most famous imperial and ancient Buddhist temples in Japan, and was once one of the Seven Great Temples of Nanto, located in Nara. The temple is the headquarters of the Hossō school of Japanese Buddhism. Yakushi-ji is one of the sites that are collectively inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name of "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara."[1] |
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| 14．Ryōsen-ji (Nara) ・3879 Nakamachi, Nara631-0052 ・Ryōsen-ji Shingon Buddhism |
| Ryōsen-ji (霊山寺) is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan. Founded in the eighth century, the Hondō is a National Treasure and a number of other buildings and temple treasures have been designated Important Cultural Properties. |
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| 15．Akishino-dera ・757 Akishino-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Buddhism |
| Akishino-dera (秋篠寺) is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan. Founded in the eighth century, its Kamakura-period Hondō is a National Treasure. |
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| 16．Enjō-ji ・1273 Ninnikusen-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Omuro Shingon |
| Enjō-ji (円成寺) is a Shingon temple in the northeast of Nara, Japan. A number of its buildings and images have been designated National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties, and its late-Heian period gardens are a Place of Scenic Beauty. |
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| 17．Kōfuku-ji ・48 Noboriōji-chō, Nara, Nara Prefecture ・Hossō |
| Kōfuku-ji (興福寺, Kōfuku-ji) is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples in the city of Nara, Japan. The temple is the national headquarters of the Hossō school. |
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| 18．Tamukeyama Hachimangū ・ ・Shinto |
| Tamukeyama Hachiman Shrine (手向山八幡宮, Tamukeyama Hachimangū) is a Shinto shrine near Tōdai-ji, Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is a Hachiman shrine, dedicated to the kami Hachiman. It was established in 749. Kami enshrined here include Emperor Ojin, Emperor Nintoku, Empress Jingū and Emperor Chūai in addition to Hachiman. |
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| 19．Shōsōin ・ |
| The Shōsō-in (正倉院) is the treasure house of Tōdai-ji Temple in Nara, Japan.[1][2] The building is in the azekura (log-cabin) style with a raised floor. It lies to the northwest of the Great Buddha Hall. The Shōsō-in houses artifacts connected to Emperor Shōmu (聖武天皇)(701–756) and Empress Kōmyō (光明皇后)(701–760), as well as arts and crafts of the Tempyō (天平) era of Japanese history. |
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| 24．Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City |
| Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City (入江泰吉記念奈良市写真美術館, Irie Taikichi Kinen Nara-shi Shashin Bijutsukan) opened in Nara, Japan, in 1992. Located near Shin-Yakushi-ji and designed by Kishō Kurokawa, the Museum was formerly known as the Nara City Museum of Photography (奈良市写真美術館). The collection includes the complete oeuvre of Irie Taikichi (1905 – 1992), some 80,000 works; a set of 1,025 Meiji and Taishō glass plates by Kudō Risaburō (工藤利三郎) (1848 – 1929) that are a Registered Tangible Cultural Property; and photographs by Tsuda Yoho (津田洋甫) (1923 – 2014).[1][2][3][4] |
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| 25．Shōhaku Art Museum |
| Shōhaku Art Museum (松伯美術館, Shōhaku Bijutsukan) opened in Nara, Japan, in 1994. It was established thanks to donations of artworks and the support of Kintetsu. The collection comprises paintings and sketches by Uemura Shōen, Uemura Shōkō (上村松篁), and Uemura Atsushi (上村淳之), and special exhibitions are staged to help promote the appreciation of Nihonga. The shō (松) element of the museum's name is derived from the first character of the first two of these artists' given names, as well as from the pines in the garden of the former honorary chairman of Kintetsu, where the museum now stands, while the haku (伯) element comes from its tea house, known as Hakusentei (伯泉亭).[1][2] |
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| 26．Nakano Museum of Art |
| Nakano Museum of Art (中野美術館, Nakano Bijutsukan) opened in Nara, Japan, in 1984. Located across Kaerumata Pond (蛙股池) from the Yamato Bunkakan, the museum's collection of Meiji, Taishō, and Shōwa yōga, nihonga, sculptures, and copper-plate engravings, built up by Nakano Kanji (中野皖司), includes works by Asai Chū, Nakamura Tsune, Kishida Ryūsei, Suda Kunitarō (須田国太郎), and Yokoyama Taikan.[1][2] |
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| 27．Nara Prefectural Museum of Art |
| Nara Prefectural Museum of Art (奈良県立美術館, Nara kenritsu bijutsukan) opened in Nara, Japan in 1973. The collection numbers some 4,100 items and special exhibitions are also held.[1][2] |
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| 28．Nara National Museum |
| The Nara National Museum (奈良国立博物館, Nara Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan) is one of the pre-eminent national art museums in Japan.[1] |
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| 29．Neiraku Museum |
| Neiraku Museum (寧楽美術館, Neiraku Bijitsukan) is an art museum in the city of Nara, central Japan.[1] The museum opened in April 1969. It contains the works collected by Nakamura Junsaku (1875–1953), who was the founder of the Isuien Garden. The collection totals over 2000 items, which includes bronze wares, seals and mirrors of ancient China as well as pottery of ancient Korea. The museum building was built in a traditional style and features rotating exhibitions. |
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| 30．Museum Yamato Bunkakan |
| The Museum of Japanese Art Yamato Bunkakan (大和文華館, Yamato bunkakan) is a museum of Asian art in Nara, Nara.[1] The museum was established in 1960[2] to preserve and display the private collection of Kintetsu Corporation (named Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. till June 27, 2003).[3] |
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| 31．Amagatsuji Station ・11-1, Amagatsuji-Nakamachi, Nara（奈良県奈良市尼辻中町11-1）Nara PrefectureJapan |
| Amagatsuji Station (尼ヶ辻駅, Amagatsuji-eki) is a railway station on the Kashihara Line in the city of Nara, Japan, operated by Kintetsu Railway. |
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| 32．Ayameike Station ・2-1, Ayameike-minami Nichome, Nara（奈良県奈良市あやめ池南二丁目2-1）Japan |
| Ayameike Station (菖蒲池駅) is a railway station on Kintetsu Railway's Nara Line in Nara, Japan. |
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| 33．Obitoke Station ・250 Imaichichō 1-chōme, NaraNara PrefectureJapan（奈良県奈良市今市町1丁目250） |
| Obitoke Station (帯解駅, Obitoke-eki) is a train station of West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Although the station is on the Sakurai Line as rail infrastructure, it has been served by the Man-yō Mahoroba Line since 2010 in terms of passenger train services. |
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| 34．Gakuen-mae Station (Nara) ・1-1, Gakuen-minami 3-chome, Nara, Nara（奈良県奈良市学園南三丁目1-1）Japan |
| Gakuen-mae Station (Tezukayama Gakuen-mae)(学園前駅 (帝塚山学園前)) is a railway station on Kintetsu Railway's Nara Line in Nara, Japan. |
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| 35．Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka Station ・1-1, Naka-Tomigaoka 6-chome, Nara, Nara（奈良県奈良市中登美ヶ丘六丁目1-1）Japan |
| Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka Station (学研奈良登美ヶ丘駅, Gakken Nara-Tomigaoka-eki) is a train station serving as the terminus of the Kintetsu Keihanna Line in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. |
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| 36．Kyōbate Station ・211 Minamikyōbatechō, Nara CityNara PrefectureJapan |
| Kyōbate Station (京終駅, Kyōbate-eki) is a train station of West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Although the station is on the Sakurai Line as rail infrastructure, it has been served by the Man-yō Mahoroba Line since 2010 in terms of passenger train services. |
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| 37．Kintetsu Nara Station ・29 Higashimuki-Nakamachi, Nara, Nara（奈良県奈良市東向中町29）Japan |
| Kintetsu Nara Station (近鉄奈良駅, Kintetsu-Nara-eki) is a railway station on the Nara Line in Nara, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway. |
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| 38．Shin-Ōmiya Station ・15-5, Shibatsuji-chō 4-chōme, Nara, Nara（奈良県奈良市芝辻町四丁目15-5）Japan |
| Shin-Ōmiya Station (新大宮駅, Shin-Ōmiya-eki) is a railway station on Kintetsu Railway's Nara Line, located in the city of Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. |
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| 39．Takanohara Station ・12-3, Suzaku 3-chome, Nara, Nara（奈良県奈良市朱雀三丁目12-3）Japan |
| Takanohara Station (高の原駅, Takanohara-eki) is a railway station in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. |
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| 40．Tomio Station ・3-35, Tomiomotomachi 2-chome, Nara, Nara（奈良県奈良市富雄元町二丁目3-35）Japan |
| Tomio Station (富雄駅, Tomio-eki) is a railway station on Kintetsu Railway's Nara Line in Nara, Japan. |
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| 41．Nara Station ・1-1, Sanjo-Hommachi, Nara CityNara PrefectureJapan |
| Nara Station (奈良駅, Nara-eki) is a railway station located in Nara, Japan. Operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West), it is the main stop in the city of Nara on the Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line), the terminus for the Sakurai Line (Man-yō Mahoroba Line), and Nara Line trains for Kyoto begin here and run on the Kansai Line to Kizu before diverging. Also, a limited number of Gakkentoshi Line trains terminate here via Kizu during early mornings and late nights. |
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| 42．Narayama Station ・1-840-1 Sahodai, Nara CityNara PrefectureJapan |
| Narayama Station (平城山駅, Narayama-eki) is a railway station of West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Although the station is on the Kansai Main Line as rail infrastructure, it is served by both the Nara Line and the Yamatoji Line in terms of passenger train services. It has the station numbers "JR-Q37" (Yamatoji Line) and "JR-D20" (Nara Line). |
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| 43．Nishinokyō Station ・408, Nishinokyōchō, NaraNara（奈良県奈良市西ノ京町字金岡408）Japan |
| Nishinokyō Station (西ノ京駅, Nishinokyō-eki) is a railway station on Kintetsu Kashihara Line in Nara, Japan. |
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| 44．Heijō Station ・Miyanomae, Misasagi, Nara, Nara（奈良県奈良市山陵町宮の前）Japan |
| Heijō Station (平城駅, Heijō-eki) is a railway station on Kintetsu Railway's Kyoto Line in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. |
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| 45．Yamato-Saidaiji Station ・1-1, Saidaiji Kunimichō Itchōme, Nara, Nara（奈良県奈良市西大寺国見町1丁目1-1）Japan |
| Yamato-Saidaiji Station (大和西大寺駅, Yamato Saidaiji-eki) is a railway station owned by Kintetsu Railway and located in Saidaiji Kunimichō Itchōme, a suburb of the city of Nara in Japan. The station is also called Kintetsu Saidaiji Station (近鉄西大寺駅) or Saidaiji Station (西大寺駅). |
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