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  • Chikurin-in Temple
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    Nara Pref. Yoshinogunyoshinochou Yoshinoyama 2142
    Originally founded by Prince Shotoku as the Chinzan-ji Temple and later dubbed the Josen-ji Temple by the great priest Kukai, this Buddhist temple was re-founded as the Chikurin-in Temple in 1385. The Gumpoen garden, considered one of the three most beautiful gardens in Japan, stretches out on the temple’s 33 thousand square meter grounds. The garden, a strolling garden with a central pond, is said to have been created by the great tea ceremony master Sen no Rikyu and renovated by the samurai Hosokawa Fujitaka. The garden is also famous for its cherry and camellia blossoms, which the great samurai leader Toyotomi Hideyoshi himself came to see and enjoy. The Chikurin-in Gumpoen Ryokan, a traditional temple inn located on the grounds, is 1,300 years old, and is said to have even been used by yamabushi, ascetic mountain hermits said to have supernatural powers. This popular inn still sees an unending stream of guests today.
    Chikurin-in Temple image
  • Former Daijoin Temple Garden
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    Nara Nara-shi Takabatakecho 1083-1
    This National Place of Scenic Beauty-designated garden is situated on National Route 169 in Takabatake-cho, Nara City. The garden of the Daijoin Temple, a monzeki Buddhist temple founded in 1087, it was renovated in the Muromachi period by the landscape gardener Zen'ami and is known as the most beautiful garden in Nara. The temple was abandoned during the anti-Buddhism movement of the Meiji period. Today, the garden is open to the general public and is preserved as a portion of the gardens on the south side of the Nara Hotel.
    Former Daijoin Temple Garden image
  • East Palace Garden
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    Nara Nara-shi Hokkejicho
    "This garden is located on the east side of Nara Palace Site Historical Park, a national public park maintained on the site of the Heijo Palace, designated a Special Historic City by Nara City. Situated in an area of Heijo Palace known as the ""East Palace"" and the ""East Temple,"" the garden encloses a pond stretching 60 meters both north to south and east to west, as well as the sites of structures arranged around the pond. Reconstructions of the structures have been built while preserving the original ruins, recreating the garden's scenery as it looked in the late Nara period."
    East Palace Garden image
  • Sky Garden Rooftop Garden Nara Family
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    Nara Nara-shi Saidaijihigashimachi 2-4-1 Nara Family
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Nara City Ikaruga / Yamatokoriyama Asuka Kashihara Yamanobe Road / Sakurai Yoshino Tenkawa Village / Totsukawa Village Ikoma
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With a reputation almost as stellar as that of Kyoto, Nara is a must-visit for those searching for the remains of "traditional Japan." The largely green Nara city holds the majority of the prefecture’s treasures, such as the iconic Todai-ji Temple, in which a 15-meter tall Great Buddha sits, and Nara Park, where deer flock to befriend passersby. While mountains are by no means hard to come by in this area, for hiking with a reward, head to the Kii Mountains’ Yoshino district in spring, when the hillsides put on an impressive display of white and pink cherry blossoms.

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