Kōfuku-ji
Things to do in Nara | Japan
Kōfuku-ji is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples in the city of Nara, Japan. The temple is the national headquarters of the Hossō school.
Kōfuku-ji has its origin as a temple that was established in 669 by Kagami-no-Ōkimi the wife of Fujiwara no Kamatari, wishing for her husband’s recovery from illness. Its original site was in Yamashina, Yamashiro Province In 672, the temple was moved to Fujiwara-kyō, the first planned Japanese capital to copy the orthogonal grid pattern of Chang'an. In 710, the temple was dismantled for the second time and moved to its present location, on the east side of the newly constructed capital, Heijō-kyō, today's Nara. (Wikipedia)
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Noboriōjichō, Nara, Nara 630-8213, JapanMap 
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Many wild deers roam freely around this temple asking tourists for deer crackers. They actually bow to you with their heads as a signal of asking for crackers which is cute, but some of them are more aggressive and will chase you around.
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