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    Ikaruga (斑鳩町, Ikaruga-chō) is a town in Ikoma District, Nara, Japan. As of 31 December 2024[update], the town had an estimated population of 28,036 in...
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    temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, located in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Built shortly after Buddhism was introduced to Japan...
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  • Nanto Shichi Daiji (category Buddhist temples in Nara Prefecture)
    Hōryū-ji (法隆寺) (located close to the border of modern Nara city, in the town of Ikaruga, Nara) Kōfuku-ji (興福寺) Saidai-ji (西大寺) Tōdai-ji (東大寺) Yakushi-ji...
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    pagoda at Hōryū-ji, Ikaruga, Nara Built in 7th century Pagoda at Hokki-ji, Ikaruga, Nara Built in 706 Pagoda at Yakushi-ji, Nara, Nara Originally built in...
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    Tatsuta River (category Rivers of Nara Prefecture)
    near the border between Osaka Prefecture and Nara Prefecture, and joins the Yamato River at Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture. The catchment area is about 54 km2...
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    Nara Prefecture (奈良県, Nara-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. As of 2020,[update] Nara Prefecture has a population...
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    municipalities of Ikaruga District contributes two members to the Nara Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the town is part of the Nara 2nd district...
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    Heijō-kyō (平城京, also Heizei-kyō, sometimes Nara no miyako) was the Capital of Japan during most of the Nara period, from 710 to 740 and again from 745...
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    Chūgū-ji (category Ikaruga, Nara)
    Chūgū-ji (中宮寺) is a Buddhist temple located in the town of Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It was founded as a nunnery in the seventh century by Shōtoku...
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  • Hōryū-ji in Ikaruga, Nara...
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    Hōryūji Station (category Ikaruga, Nara)
    Hōryūji-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the town of Ikaruga, Ikoma District, Nara Prefecture,. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR...
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    Ikaruga-dera (斑鳩寺) is a Buddhist temple in Taishi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It was founded by Prince Shōtoku in 606. It should not be confused with Hōryū-ji...
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    on Hwangnyongsa, Gyeongju, Korea, built in 645 Pagoda at Hōryū-ji, Ikaruga, Nara, Japan, built in the 7th century, one of the oldest wooden buildings...
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    Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area (category Buddhist temples in Nara Prefecture)
    Area includes a variety of buildings found in Hōryū-ji and Hokki-ji in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. These buildings were designated in 1993 along with...
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  • much taller. The tallest still extant is a 13-storey pagoda at Hannya-ji in Nara, which is 14.12 m. They are often dedicated to Buddha and offer no usable...
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    murals on the interior walls of the Kondō (金堂) at the temple Hōryū-ji in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture. These mural paintings, as well as painted images on the...
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    and scholars settled around the capital in Yamato Province (present day Nara Prefecture) and passed their techniques to native craftsmen. Consequently...
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    suited for riding long distances or at high speed. Early saddles of the Nara period were of Chinese style karagura and later modified for local tastes...
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    Hokki-ji (category Ikaruga, Nara)
    a Buddhist temple temple in the Okamoto neighborhood of the town of Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The temple's honorary sangō prefix is "Kōhonzan"...
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    which became the current Japan National Route 166 and Nara Prefectural Route Yamato-Takada-Ikaruga Line, and traces of it remain in the place names along...
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    used as irrigation reservoirs or goldfish farms. Nara Prefecture Ando Ikaruga Ikoma Kawanishi Nara Tenri Yamatokōriyama has a humid subtropical climate...
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    of 1,569.34 persons per km2. The total area is 51.30 km2. Ando Heguri Ikaruga Sangō Kenichi Fukui, chemist, 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner 34°37′29″N...
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    construction of Shitennō-ji in Osaka (593) and Hōryū-ji near his palace in Ikaruga (completed in 603). During the ancient period, the temple layout was strictly...
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    is a Buddhist temple located in the Mii neighborhood of the town of Ikaruga, Nara, Japan. It belongs to the Shōtoku-shū sect and its honzon is a statue...
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    Itsukushima Shrine of Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture Hōryū-ji of Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture The Kuwait Towers of Kuwait City, Kuwait Wat Xieng Thong...
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    unknown architect, 4th century Pagoda at Hōryū-ji, a Buddhist temple in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, unknown architect, 607 The garden of the Ninna-ji temple...
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    to the west, the habitable area is not large. Nara Prefecture Kashiba Kawai Kanmaki Sangō Ikoma Ikaruga Osaka Prefecture Kashiwara Ōji has a humid subtropical...
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  • designated, all National Treasures. All are located in the town of Ikaruga in Nara Prefecture, forming part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Buddhist...
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    cities followed suit in 2020, including Hamamatsu, Kawasaki, Kyoto, Minato, Nara, Niigata, Okayama, Sagamihara, Saitama, and Takamatsu. 69 more cities followed...
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    China. Hōryū-ji (法隆寺) is a Buddhist temple of the "Shōtoku" sect in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Its garan is composed of (see plan on the right):...
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