8 Sights in Yamatokoriyama, Japan (with Map and Images)

Matsuo-ji Temple (松尾寺, Matsuo-dera) is a temple of the Shingon sect of the Daigo sect located in Yamatokoriyama City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Mt. Matsuo or Mt. Fudaraku. The honzon is a thousand-handed, thousand-eyed, Kanseion Bodhisattva. Kaiki (the founder) is said to be Prince Tonerishinnou. It is called "Japan's oldest temple to ward off evil" and is crowded with many pilgrims on the first day of February and March. There is a rose garden in the temple grounds, and it is also known as a famous place for roses. The name of the temple is also called "Matsu-no-dera" or "Matsu-no-san". There is also spring water in the temple grounds.

Wikipedia: 松尾寺 (大和郡山市) (JA)

Yada Zakushi Tamahiko Shrine (Yatani Zakushi Tamahiko Shrine) is a Shikiuchi shrine located in Yada Town, Yamatokoriyama City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Shikinai Taisha is the first shrine of the Yamato Province Juza listed in the Enki Shikishin Name Book. The former company status is a prefectural company (upgraded from a township company in October 13).

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Kōriyama Castle is a flatlands-style Japanese castle located in the city of Yamatokōriyama, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 2023. It is No.194 on the list "Continued 100 Fine Castles of Japan".

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Genkuro Inari Shrine is a shrine located in Tosenji Town, Yamatokoriyama City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is famous for the legend of the fox who bought the Genkuro fox and the cotton hat. It is a place sung in the nursery rhyme "Yamato no Genkuro-san" and is known locally as "Genkuro-san". In the main shrine facing north, the god of the soul of Ukano, Genkuro Inari Daimyojin (Genkuro Fox) is enshrined. Although it is a small inari, it is counted as one of the three major inari in Japan, and is sometimes counted as one of the two major inari in and the three major inari in the Kansai region.

Wikipedia: 源九郎稲荷神社 (JA)

Eikeiji Temple is a temple located in Eikeiji Town, Yamatokoriyama City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is a Huang Tang sect temple, and the name of the mountain is Longhua Mountain. The main Buddha is Shakyamuni.

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Mt. Matsuo is a 315-meter-high mountain located on the border between Yamatokoriyama City and Ikaruga Town in Nara Prefecture. Matsuo-ji Temple, the oldest temple in Japan, is said to have been built by Emperor Temmu's Crown Prince Shahito in the second year of Yoro (718) to ward off evil and complete the compilation of the Japan Shoki.

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Nara Prefectural Museum of Folklore opened in Yamatokōriyama, Nara Prefecture, Japan, in 1974. Located at the foot of the Yata Hills within the 26.6 hectare Yamato Folk Park (大和民俗公園), the Museum collects, preserves, and displays artefacts relating to everyday life in Nara Prefecture from the Edo period to the Shōwa 40s. Among the forty-two thousand objects in the collection are 1,908 relating to forestry in the Yoshino District that have been jointly designated an Important Cultural Property. In the adjacent park are fifteen Edo-period minka, relocated from elsewhere in the prefecture, including the Former Usui Family Residence (旧臼井家住宅) (ICP).

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Jikō-in (慈光院) is a Buddhist temple located in the Koizumi-chō neighborhood of the city of Yamatokōriyama, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Daitokuji-branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen and its honzon is a statue of Shaka Nyorai. The sangō of the temple is Entsuzan (圓通山). The Jikō-in garden has been designated Place of Scenic Beauty and National Historic Site since 1934.

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