Kazusa Kokubun-niji

Kazusa Kokubun-niji - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The is the ruins of a Buddhist nunnery located in the city of Ichihara, Chiba, Japan which was part of the provincial temple complex ("kokubunji") of former Kazusa Province.The temple ruins were designated a National Historic Site in 1983, with the area under protection expanded in 1985. Read more on Wikipedia

type: religious building
date from: 741

Source: en.wikipedia.org