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Kashihara: sights

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Kashihara Jingū
Photo: 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0

Kashihara Jingū

Shinto shrine in Nara Prefecture, Japan

Mount Amanokagu
Photo: terumasa / CC BY-SA 3.0

Mount Amanokagu

mountain in Japan

Mount Miminashi
Photo: ウォーレンさわかみ / CC BY-SA 2.1 jp

Mount Miminashi

mountain in Japan

Mount Unebi
Photo: ウォーレンさわかみ / CC BY-SA 2.1 jp

Mount Unebi

mountain in Kashihara, Nara prefecture, Japan

Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture
Photo: KENPEI / CC BY-SA 3.0

Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture

building in Nara Prefecture, Japan

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Shobuike Kofun

kofun period burial mound in Japan

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Ueyama Kofun

kofun period burial mound in Japan

Maruyama Kofun
Photo: Saigen Jiro / CC0

Maruyama Kofun

kofun period keyhole-shaped burial mound in Japan

Nara Prefectural Kashihara Park
Photo: terumasa / CC BY-SA 3.0

Nara Prefectural Kashihara Park

Kashihara City Insectarium
Photo: Hiyotchi / CC BY-SA 3.0

Kashihara City Insectarium

archive organization in Kashihara-shi, Japan

Masuda no Iwafune
Photo: Saigen Jiro / CC0

Masuda no Iwafune

Shōnen-ji Temple
Photo: terumasa / CC BY-SA 3.0

Shōnen-ji Temple

Buddhist temple in Kashihara, Nara prefecture, Japan

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Kashihara Sports Park

Kashihara City Museum of History
Photo: アラツク / CC BY-SA 4.0

Kashihara City Museum of History

museum in Kashihara, Nara, Japan

Unebiyama-no-Ushitora-no-Sumi-no-Misasagi
Photo: Ogiyoshisan / CC BY-SA 3.0

Unebiyama-no-Ushitora-no-Sumi-no-Misasagi

Emperor Jimmu’s Tomb

Kashihara Children's Science Museum
Photo: Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0

Kashihara Children's Science Museum

museum in Kashihara, Nara, Japan

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Hitomaro Shrine

Shinto shrine in Nara Prefecture, Japan

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Junmyō-ji Temple

Buddhist temple of the Honganji-ha sect dedicated to Amitābha Buddha in Kashihara, Japan

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Shōren-ji Temple

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Sakinosuno Shrine

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Taketano Shrine

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Sakamonshin Shrine

Candidate shrine for Sakatono shrine

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Ama-no-Iwato Shrine

Candidate shrine for Sakatono shrine

Tsukida-no-Okanoe-no-Misasagi
Photo: Saigen Jiro / CC0

Tsukida-no-Okanoe-no-Misasagi

Emperor Suizei’s Tomb

🛟Travel safety

🚑 Ambulance / fire: 119. Police: 110. For help in English, Chinese or Korean, call the JNTO Japan Visitor Hotline: 050-3816-2787 (24 hours).

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