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THE TIME REQUIRED BY BUS (From Sakurai Station)
Route Yamanobe Omiwa Jinja...7min. (to Tenri-eki, Nara-eki)
Route Iware Abe-Monjuin...7min. (to Oka-dera/Asuka-Shiryoukan)
Route Tounomine Tanzan Jinja...22min. (to Tounomine/Tanzan-jinja)
Shorin-ji...13min. (to Tounomine/Tanzan-jinja)
Route Hatsuse Hase-dera...25min. (to Obu)
Route Obara Ishii-dera...9min. (to Ouda, Utano-Cho)

Route Yamanobe
yamanobe-no-michi This is the oldest road in Japan.
It is scattered with ruins across a length of about 18km.
It is also an excursion route dotted with old temples, burial mounds, and statues of Buddha engraved on stone.
In addition to this road, there are four other old roads in Sakurai.

The Omiwa-Jinja : Shinto shrine

This shrine is said to be the oldest in Japan.
It was built in honor of the Miwa mountain and worships a daity called god Omononushi-no-okami.
Worshippers come to visit this shrine all year round, from sunrise to sunset.

 omiwa shrine

Route Iware
Abe-monjuin : Manjusri temple

The Buddha of this temple is one of the three most important Manjusri of Japan, famous both as a bodhisattva of wisdom and as a God to be worshipped for successful studies.
 abe-monjuin temple
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