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Reconstructed red-and-white Suzaku Gate at the Heijō Palace Site

Heijō-kyō

Heijō-kyō was the planned eighth-century capital centered on the Heijō Palace site in present-day Nara, interpreted through archaeology.

Sika deer standing near the wooden temple buildings of Tōdai-ji in Nara

Nara

Nara is an ancient Japanese capital whose palace site, temples, shrines, literature, parkland, and modern neighborhoods form layered landscapes.