Culture
The Ancient Yamato Region
Jeanne AustryShort presentation of the Yamato region, scenery of Japan's ancient legends and myths.
Yamato was originally the area around today's Sakurai City in Nara prefecture. Yamato was an ancient province that gained great power around the 6th century and established the Imperial court in Yamato Province.
Short presentation of the Yamato region, scenery of Japan's ancient legends and myths.
Vivid colors on a blue sky, the Tanzan jinja shrine is well-known for its dazzling maple trees in autumn and its bright sakur...
Buddhist sculptures in the Yamato area : the temple of flowers, the Hasedera, perched in the mountains, and the Abe Monjuin, ...
With it's unique 16th century 13-story pagoda and many other beautiful and historic buildings, a mountaintop location and lot...
An ancient paradise beyond memory, Sasayuri-Ann in Nara Prefecture is the perfect combination of Japaneses style and luxuriou...
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Hase-dera Temple in Nara, also called 'The Temple of Flowers', is famous for its beautiful autumn foliage along with peonies ...
NARA: Miracle-working Kannon at Hase-dera Temple was popular among rich nobles 1000 years ago. Praying here was popular among...
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Peony Gardens in Hase-dera, Nara: I enjoyed each of the Nobori-ro Corridors 399 steps that invited me up, up, up into the hol...
Yamanobe no michi is part of the ShinKaido or the New road stretching from Edo-period Tokyo to Kansai, There are many temples...