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Buddhist temples in Nara. World Heritage

Buddhism Temple, Temple/shrine, World Heritage temples

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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Asuka Period and it’s culture

Period of Japanese History

What’s Asuka Period? The term of ancient Asuka Period began in 592 and ended in 710. “Asuka” is the southern area of Nara Prefecture. In this period, Buddhism was the most essencial things of the culture. With Buddha statue, the religion had already came to Japan in the middle of 6th. And

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