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Taima-dera Temple

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  • Taima-dera Temple

  • Taima-dera Temple
    • Taimadera Temple is a temple that represents the western part of Yamato (the ancient name for Nara).
    • It is known for being the only temple in Japan with both east and west three-storied pagodas remaining from the Tempyo Era (710-).
    • Taimadera holds many precious Buddhist works of art from the Hakuho Era(645-), including the country’s oldest statue of “Miroku (Maitreya)” and “Shitenno,” the oldest dry lacquer statue in Japan.

The cherry tree of Taima-dera-ji.

    The Peony of Nakanobo Kouguen

  • At “Nakanobo”, the oldest vihara (Buddhist monastery) in Taima Temple, you can experience the “Pure Land” through enjoying an elegant garden, “Kouguen,” and practicing “Shabutsu,” a tracing and copying of the Buddha from the Taima Mandala.
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  • * The slide show of "the peony of Nakanobo Kouguen".

The cherry tree of Taima-dera-ji.

    The Peony of Gonen-in Sotoen

  • This temple is also popular among the followers of “Michibiki Kannon,” the Beacon Kannon Bodhisattva.
  • In the semiautonomous subtemple of the Jodo sect, a tradition with a lieutenant general princess's dwelling is also a certain temple.
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  • * The slide show of "the peony of Gonen-in Sotoen".

The cherry tree of Taima-dera-ji.


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    Access to Taima-dera Temple

  • [Address]
  •     1263, Taima, Katsuragi City, Nara
  • [Access]
  •     15-minute walk from Kintetsu Taimadera Station
  • [The link to a website]
  •     The website of "Taima-dera Temple" (japanese)
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* Nakanobo Kouguen  * Gonen-in Sotoen  * Seinan-in