[home] [back] 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 Tounomine Tanzan-Jinja : Shinto shrine The god of this shrine is Fujiwara-no-Kamatari Who, in the ancient days, Is said to have been very helpful to Taika-no-kaishin (great Japanese political reform that took place in the 7th century). The main building, the chapel and the thirteen story pagoda have a red lacquer finish. They are full of grace, surrounded by the red autumn leaves. Shorin-ji : Buddhist temple This statue, located in the Buddhist Shorin-ji temple, has been classified as a national treasure deserving comparison with Greek and Roman sculptures. Ever since E.Fenollosa, American philosopher, reassessed its value, this statue has gained fame. Route Hatsuse Hase-dera : Buddhist temple This is an old and famous place of worship. The temple shelters a wooden statue of Juichimen-kannon bosatsu (merciful bodhisattva, avalokitesvara, with eleven faces), a well known bodhisattva worshipped by many people. Route Obara Ishii-dera : Buddhist temple This statue, the oldest of its kind (sanzon-sekibutsu, trio of Buddha) was carved in high relief from sandstone some one thousand three hundred years ago. (photo : Site of Obara Temple) TOP