Nara
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Nara Japanese city and prefecture. Nara was an ancient capital of Japan; the first permanent capital was established in the year 710 at Heijo, now known as Nara. It is located in the Kinai plain, near Kyoto.
- Nara was the glorious capital, "like a fragrant flower in full bloom," as an ancient poet once described it. Nara was the cradle of the great Japanese arts and the essence of culture in the long-ago Tempyo Period. The old, world-famous temples and shrines of the province of Yamato (presently Nara Prefecture) have handed down to us their precious history.[1]
Nara is considered the birthplace of the culture of Japan. The Todaiji Temple at Nara is one of the Japan's most famous and historically significant temples. It enshrines a gigantic bronze statue of Buddha, the biggest in Japan. (The second biggest one is in Kamakura)
Daibutsu-den in Todaiji, Nara.
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