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Landmark Attractions In Yoshino-cho

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Landmark Attractions In Yoshino-cho

  • 1. Kinpusenji Temple Yoshino Cho
    Kimpusen-ji is the head temple of a branch of the Shugendō religion called Kimpusen-Shugendō in Yoshino district, Nara Prefecture, Japan. According to tradition, it was founded by En no Gyōja, who propagated a form of mountain asceticism drawing from Shinto and Buddhist beliefs. The temple's main building, the Zaō-Hall dedicated to Zaō gongen , is the second largest wooden structure in Japan after the Great Buddha Hall at Tōdai-ji in Nara. Kimpusen-ji is a junction in a series of stops on pilgrimage routes. A Shinto shrine dedicated to Inari Ōkami is attached to the main compound. In 1963, the Temple constructed a hall named Southern Court Mystic Law Hall to appease the soul of the four emperors of the Southern Court and others who lost their lives in many battles since the Northern...
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