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Awaji Kokubun-ji

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is a Ritsu-sect Buddhist temple in the Yagikokubu neighborhood of the city of Minamiawaji, Hyōgo, Japan. It the successor of the provincial temple established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710–794). Due to this connection, the foundation stones of the Nara period pagoda were designated as a National Historic Site in 1951. Read more on Wikipedia

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