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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.

Front view of Tōdai-ji's Great Buddha Hall behind the central approach and bronze lantern

Tōdai-ji

Tōdai-ji is a Nara Buddhist temple founded within the eighth-century state monastery system and centred on the monumental Vairocana Great Buddha.