Kofukuji
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Five-story pagoda at Kofukuji
Kofukuji (興福寺) is a Buddhist temple in the city of Nara, in Nara Prefecture, Japan. The head temple of the Hosso sect, it traces its origin to the Yamashina quarter of Kyoto. That temple was moved first to Fujiwara, and then to the permanent capital at Nara at the beginning of the Nara period in 710.
Kofukuji, along with several other Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and the remains of the Heijo Palace, received the distinction of being named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
External links
- Kofukuji web site (in Japanese) (http://www.kohfukuji.com/)
- Nara Prefecture page on Kofukuji (http://www.pref.nara.jp/nara/kaido/eg/ko_nara/spot/k23.htm)
- UNESCO (http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=870)
