Sakurai: sights | Kansai Travel Guide

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Mount Miwa

mountain in Nara Prefecture, Japan

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Hase-dera Temple

Buddhist temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan

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Tanzan Shrine

Shinto shrine in Nara Prefecture, Japan

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Abe Monju-in Temple

Buddhist temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan

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Makimuku ruins

Ruins in Japan

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Hokenoyama Kofun

kofun in Sakurai, Nara, Japan

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Sakurai Chausuyama Kofun

kofun period keyhole-shaped burial mound in Japan

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Hōki-in

temple in Sakurai, Nara

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Hashihaka Kofun

kofun in Sakurai, Nara, Japan

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Kusahaka Kofun

kofun in Sakurai, Nara, Japan

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Dannozuka Kofun

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Munakata Shrine

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Byōdō-ji Temple

Buddhist temple of the Sōtō sect dedicated to Eleven-Faced Avalokiteśvara in Sakurai, Japan

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Tomi Shrine

Shinto shrine in Nara Prefecture, Japan

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Kuebiko Shrine

Shinto shrine in Nara Prefecture, Japan

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Tanikubi Kofun

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Genpi-an Temple

temple in Sakurai, Nara

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Mount Hatsuse

mountain in Sakurai, Nara prefecture, Japan

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Sai Shrine

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Hibara Shrine

The first shrine of Amaterasu. A massha of Omiwa shrine

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Mount Makimuku

mountain in Sakurai, Nara prefecture, Japan

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Kumaga Take

mountain in Sakurai and Uda, Nara prefecture, Japan

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Kita Modern Art Museum

museum in Sakurai, Nara, Japan

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Mount Tokama

mountain in Sakurai, Nara prefecture, Japan

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🚑 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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