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Chugu-ji
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Chugu-ji was originally the home of Prince Shotoku's mother in the 6th-century and is now a Buddhist nunnery. This temple houses an amazing wooden statue of the Miroku Bodhisattva, the Buddha of the Future. His gentle countenance has been a famous image of hope since it was carved, sometime in the Asuka period (552-645). Chugu-ji is a few minutes' walk north of the Yumendono.
- Address: 1-1-2 Ikaruga-cho, Horyu-j Kita, Ikoma-gun, Nara-ken, Western Nara, Nara, 636-0111 | Map It
- Phone: 0745/75-2106
- Cost: ¥500
- Hours: Apr.-Sept., daily 9-4:30; Oct.-Mar., daily 9-4
- Location: Western Nara
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