This ancient temple boasts many important cultural properties and buildings from the Fujiwara and Kamakura periods, such as the tower gate, the kori (storehouse), and the main hall, all within its spacious precincts. The temple grounds are decorated with beautiful flowers from season to season, and the beauty of the Hirado azalea, which blooms from late April to early May, is especially breathtak...»
Located in the middle of the Yamanobe no Michi, known as the oldest existing road in Japan, this ancient shrine enshrines the deity Futomikami-no-Okami. From the end of the Edo period to the Meiji era (1868-1912), it was called "Igami-San. In the Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan), only Ise Jingu Shrine and Ishigami Jingu Shrine are mentioned as shrines, and Ishigami Jingu Shrine is described as t...»
Koriyama Castle was once the residence of Hashiba Hidenaga, the half-brother of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, in 1585 during the Toyotomi administration, and was the center of his domain of 1,000,000 koku of Yamato, Kii, and Izumi. In the Edo period (1603-1867), the Koriyama clan's government office was located here. It is now designated as a national historic site. The first sighting of Koriyama Castle d...»
Tatsuta Park is an urban park located in a 14-hectare riverside green area stretching approximately 2 km along the Tatsuta River. The poem "Chihayaburu Jindai-mo" was written by the Heian-period poet, Urahara no Narihira.The Tatsuta River is a famous riverbed green along the Tatsuta River. The poem is also included in the Hyakunin Isshu (One Hundred Poems) by Noin Hokushi, who wrote, "The maple ...»
Horyu-ji Temple is a Buddhist complex that preserves the appearance of an ancient temple built by Prince Shotoku in 607 during the reign of Emperor Suiko. It was called Ikaruga-ji Temple when it was built and later renamed Horyu-ji Temple. The precincts of the temple cover an area of approximately 187,000 square meters, and are divided into the Sai-in Temple complex, centering on Kondo and the fi...»