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Scenic Yamadera Temple in Yamagata, Japan

Yamadera (Risshakuji) Temple, famous for Matsuo basho’s haiku poem and outstanding view <img width=”640″ height=”426″ src=”https://www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/14639852423ba4b87d6dcacef0e00100_s.jpg” alt=”Yamadera” srcset=”https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/14639852423ba4b87d6dcacef0e00100_s.jpg?w=640&ssl=1 640w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/14639852423ba4b87d6dcacef0e00100_s.jpg?resize=150%2C100&ssl=1 150w, https://i2.wp.com/www.masterpiece-of-japanese-culture.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/14639852423ba4b87d6dcacef0e00100_s.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w” sizes=”(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px” /> The famous Yamadera Temple in Yamagata Prefecture is a historical temple officially called “Mt. Hoju, Risshakuji Temple”. The temple is famous as the place where the great […]

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Chusonji Temple (World Heritage) at Hiraizumi, Iwate

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Peaceful Konjikido (Golden Hall) of Chusonji Temple In Heian Period, there was a country in the Tohoku Region, which was independent of the central government of Kyoto. The culture of Heian Period That was Hiraizumi ruled under Oshu Fujiwara Clan. Still today, the body of three generation kings who built the prosperity of

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Introduction of Shinto shrine (jinja) in Japan

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Shrines in Japan deify various Shinto gods. Because Shinto have Yaoyorozu-no Kami(八百万の神, eight million gods) which means myriad gods. In other words, it is polytheism. Not only the gods from the myth, such as Kojiki(古事記), but also the nature and personal belongings. Originally, the religion started from the nature worship in ancient time. People

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Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, famous for the red gates in Kyoto

The Buddhist temples in Japan, the way to pray and World Heritage sites

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Japanese Buddhism temples The introduction of Buddhism with Buddha statue as present, via the country of Kudara, on the Korean Peninsula, to Japan was at the end of the 6th century(learn more about Buddha statue in Japan). Sponsored Links And Hokoji Temple (法興寺）, Asuka-dera（飛鳥寺）, was built as the first regular Buddhism Temple in Japan.

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The location of Kyoto shi (city) and on google map.

Buddhism temples in Nikko, around Koyasan, Iwami and Hiraizumi

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Temples in Nikko, Kii Mountain Range, Iwami Ginzan, and Hiraizumi Certainly, these sightseeing spots would less attract attention from the tourists comparing to Kyoto or Nara. But you can enjoy the temples as well as the scenery surrounding them. The leaders in each period built temples in the capitals to protect the city and the

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Buddhist temples in Kyoto/ World Heritage

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Kyoto, one of the most traditional and historical cities in Japan, attracts more than 80 million people in a year. The city had assumed a role of an administrative function since 794. With the beginning of Heian Period, many people moved from Nara(Heijo-kyo) to Kyoto(Heian-kyo, 平安京） and from that time, they built temples in the new

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Buddhist temples in Nara. World Heritage

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In the early history of Japan, Nara prefecture was the center of the politics, the culture and the economy in Yamato Period, Asuka Period and Nara Period. Japanese people just believed their animism, the origine of “Shinto”（神道） until Asuka Period. It is said that Seong of Baekje, the ancient king of the country in

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Japanese temples and shrines

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The number of the temples in Japan is about 76,000 and that of the shrines is about 80,000. Coming to Japan, you can see the temples and the shrines everywhere even if you travel Kyoto, Nara, or Kamakura. Today, few Japanese deeply devot to a specific religion. But Buddhism and Shinto has take rooted

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