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Built in 743 at the instigation of Emperor Shomu, Todai-ji revolves around the main pavilion Daibutsu-den, whose gigantic proportions (48.5m high and 57m wide) are far from coincidental. The wooden structure houses the enormous bronze statue of a National treasure, the Cosmic Buddha, Daibutsu Vairocana, seated in ecstasy upon a lotus leaf, 15m high and weighing 200 tons. Other masterpieces languish in the secondary Hokke-do temple, which houses a group of some 15 statues, the most impressive of which is a praying Kannon.
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- The Green Guide423 m - Nara
- The Green Guide647 m - Nara-koen, Nara
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- From ¥20,000Hotel New Wakasa532 m - Kitahanda Higashimachi 1, Nara
- From ¥24,200Wakasa Annex545 m - Kitahanda Higashimachi 1, Nara
- From ¥19,870Guesthouse Nara Backpackers635 m - Yurugi-cho 31, Nara
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- akordu$$$MICHELIN 2023535 m - 70-1-3-1 Suimoncho, Nara, Nara
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- La Terrasse$$$MICHELIN 2023724 m - 98-1 Kasuganocho, Nara, Nara
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