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Todai-ji Temple

"Tōdai-ji Temple (Japanese: 東大寺)" is a Buddhist temple complex and it was founded by Emperor Shōmu (聖武天皇 (Shōmu Tennō), 701 - 756) at the Nara period of the first half of the 8th century. There is "Great Buddha Hall (大仏殿, Daibutsu-den)" that is the world's largest wooden building in this temple, and "Buddha Vairocana (盧舎那仏 or 奈良の大仏, Rushanabutsu or Nara-no-daibustu)" whose this is the world's largest bronze statue is enshrined in that. Todai-ji Temple was registered in World Heritage as "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara" in 1998.
The buildings of Todaiji Temple has "Great Buddha Hall", "Great Southern Gate (南大門, Nandai-mon)", "Hokke-do Hall (popularly known as Sangatsu-do, 法華堂 (三月堂))", "Nigatsu-dō Hall (二月堂)", "Kaizan-dō Hall (開山堂)", "Belfry (鐘楼, Shōrō", "Tegai-mon Gate (転害門)", "Honbo-Kyoko (本坊経庫)", "Central Gate (中門, Chu-mon)", "Zanmai-do Hall (popularly known as Shigatsu-do, 三昧堂 (四月堂))", "Large bath house (大湯屋, Oyuya)".
The public transportation facility to Todai-ji Temple are "Kintetsu railway (近鉄, Kintetsu)" or "Nara Kotsu Bus (奈良交通バス)". Todai-ji Temple is from the Kintetsu Nara Station to about 30 minutes on foot, from the Daibustuden Kasuga-taisha mae Bus Stop to about 10 minutes on foot.

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Address: 406-1, Zoshi-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan

Todai-ji Temple and peripheral tourist spot and transportation.

Todai-ji Temple / 東大寺
Shoso-in Warehouse / 正倉院
Kofuku-ji Temple / 興福寺
Kasuga taisha Shinto Shrine / 春日大社, Kasuga taisha
Tamukeyama Shinto Shrine / 手向山八幡宮, Tamukeyama hachiman-gu
Nara National Museum / 奈良国立博物館, Nara kokuritsu hakubutsukan
Kintetsu Nara station / 近鉄奈良駅, Kintetsu Nara-eki
Daibustuden Kasuga-taisha mae Bus Stop / 大仏殿春日大社前バス停, Daibustuden Kasuga-taisha mae basu-tei

Photograph of Nara-no-daibustu, Todai-ji Temple (November 9, 2008)

Access to hotels in Nara.

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