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未通女等が袖布留山の瑞垣の久し石上布留の神杉神びにし我やさらさとはあれて人はふりにしやどなれき時ゆ思ひき吾はさら恋にあひにけるや庭もまがきも秋ののらなる otomera ga / sodefuru yama no / isonokami / furu no kamusugi / kamubi- sato wa arete / hito wa furi ni shi / yado nare ya / niwa mo magaki mo / aki no nora naru YamanobeYamanobe RRoadoad sstonetone mmarkersarkers mizugaki no / hisashiki toki yu / omoiki ni shi / ware ya sarasara / koi ni ai nikeru ware wa TenrikyoTenrikyo ChurchChurch Yamanobe Road When I was young, I fell in love a few times, and it was Is it because the village is falling into HeadquartersHeadquarters stone markers Just like Isonokami-jingu shrine has painful. I grew old like the cedar that has stood at ruins, and the people who live here stood at the foot of this mountain for a have gotten old? Gardens and fences Kintetsu/JRKintetsu/JR Isonokami-jingu shrine for so many years, and I thought TenriTenri StationStation long time, so I have long loved you. I wouldn't love anymore, but I've fallen in love again. look desolate, like an autumn ﬁeld. Man'yoshu, poem 4-501 by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Man'yoshu, poem 10-1927 by unknown poet Kokin Wakashu, part 4, poem on autumn by Sojo Henjo

Isonokami-JinguIsonokami-Jingu ShrineShrine うち山やとざましらずの花ざかり月待て嶺こへけりと聞くままにあはれよ山の辺の道ははるけく野路の上に乙 uchiyama ya / tozama shirazu no / ふかきはつかりの声木の鳥居朱に立つ見ゆ OuterOuter gardensgardens ooff shrineshrine hana zakari tsuki machite / mine koe keri to / kiku mama yamanobe no / michi wa harukeku / nomichi ni / aware yo fukaki / hatsukari no koe no ue ni / otogi no torii / ake ni tatsu miyu Today, when I visited Uchiyama-Eikyuji temple, it was wonderfully ﬁlled with Walking down the mountain path waiting for the Yamanobe Road continues forever. cherry blossoms. Only local people moon to appear, my companion said, "I've crossed Is it the bright scarlet torii gate of know about this cherry tree, not the that peak". The moon hasn't come out yet, but the Yatogi-jinja shrine in Otogi village outsiders. voice of a wild goose is faint in the night. that can be seen from so far away? NishiyamaNishiyama KofunKofun Yamato Pilgrimage, by Matsuo Basho in Furuhoraku 30shu,by Tooichi Tootada By Hirose Toho

Uchiyama-EikyujiUchiyama-Eikyuji TTempleemple RRuinsuins あしひきの山川の瀬の響るなべに衾道を引手の山に妹を置きて山路えにしあれや長岳寺の法の水むす弓月が嶽に雲立ち渡るを行けば生けりともなしぶ庵もほど近き身は Sloped road ashihiki no / yamakawa no se no / naru nabe fusumaji o / hikite no yama ni / imo o enshi are ya / chogakuji no / nori no mizu / ni / yutsuki ga take ni / kumo tachi wataru okite / yamaji o ikeba / ikeri tomo nashi musubu iori mo / hodo chikaki mi wa NNaraara PPrefecturerefecture HistoricalHistorical aandnd As the sounds of the rapids in the river After leaving my wife's corpse buried at I have a special aﬃnity for the ArtisticArtistic CultureCulture ComplexComplex that ﬂows down the mountain gets Ryuo Mountain, as I return home by the Buddha of Chogakuji temple, and I Steeply sloped road louder, a cloud arises and moves past mountain road, I feel sad and empty of life. am glad to live so close to it. Yutsukigatake Peak. NishiNishi NorikuraNorikura KofunKofun TenriTenri TTourismourism FarmFarm Man'yoshu, poem 7-1088 by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Man'yoshu, poem 2-212 by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Hyakugojuban Jika Awase, by Tooichi Tootada HigashiHigashi NorikuraNorikura KofunKofun Sloped road 天下おさまる時を朝夕の月にも日にも玉かぎる夕さり来れば猟人の弓月二古陵に一人の衛士やほととぎす先いのる哉が嶽に霞たなびく ni koryo ni / hitori no eji ya / hototogisu tenka osamaru / toki o / asa yuu no / tama kagiru / yuu sari kureba / satsuhito Yatogi-jinjaYatogi-jinja SShrinehrine One guard protects two mausoleums tsuki nimo hi nimo / mazu inoru kana no / yutsuki ga take ni / kasumi tanabiku from long ago. It is a quiet place After taking part in numerous battles, As evening light glimmers, clouds where cuckoo cries. peace is my heartfelt desire. I pray for drift over the moon in a shape of a it to the morning and evening moon hunter's bow. and to the sun. Hyakuban Jika Awase, by Tooichi Tootada Man'yoshu, poem 10-1816 by unknown poet by Takeda Mugaishi Vinyl-sheet TakenouchiTakenouchi andand kayokayo MMoatedoated SettlementSettlement greenhouse あまくもにちかくひかりてなるかみのうま酒三輪の山青丹よし奈良の山の山のまにい隠るまで道のくまいさかるまで (Tanka addition) 三輪山をしかもかくすか雲みればかしこみねばかなしもにつばらにも見つつ行かむをしばしばも見さけむ山を心なく雲の隠さふべしやだにも心あらなむかくさふべしや amakumo ni / chikaku hikarite / narukami uma sake / miwa no yama / aoni yoshi / nara no yama no / yama no mani / miwa yama o / shikamo kakusu ka / kumodani no / mireba kashiko / mineba kanashimo ikakuru made / michi no kuma / isakaru made ni / tsubara nimo / mitsutsu ikamu mo / kokoro aranamu / kakuso beshi ya

o / shibashiba mo / misakemu yama o / kokoro naku / kumo no kakuso beshi ya Like lightning and thunder that rumbles Why do the clouds hide the reluctant Mt. through the clouds, meeting that person My Dear Mt. Miwa! The mountain that I often think of because I long to see it again, Miwa so much? Whatever people are like, makes me feel anxious and I shouldn't get searching for it hidden among the numerous mountains of Nara, with the road to it turning I wish at least the clouds would have a close, but if we cannot meet, I feel sad. and twisting continually. It seems to have been hidden so mercilessly by the clouds. gentle spirit and they would hide you not. Man'yoshu, poem 7-1369 by unknown poet Man'yoshu, poem 1-17 by Princess Nukata Man'yoshu, poem 1-18 by Princess Nukata

三諸のその山なみに子らが手を巻向山めばたまの夜さり来れば巻向の川音高巻向の桧原も未だ雲いねば小松が末ゆはつぎのよろしもしもあらしかも疾き淡雪流る NishiyamazukaNishiyamazuka KKofunofun mimoro no / sono yamanami ni / nubatama no / yoru sari kureba / makimuku no / hibara mo imada / kumo KKayoayo MMoatedoated SSettlementettlement koraga te o / makimuku yama wa / makimuku no / kawaoto takashimo / ineba / komatsu ga ureyu / awayuki nagaru tsugi no yoroshimo arashi kamo toki Even though the clouds have not yet Mt. Makimuku is near the mountain When the night came, the sounds of reached the cypress plateau of FusumadaFusumada TombTomb range of Mt. Miwa, and the way they Makimuku River have become so loud. I Makimuku, light snow on the tips of are lined up is truly beautiful. wonder if the mountain storm has intensiﬁed. pine branches falls as if ﬂowing. Man'yoshu, poem 7-1093 by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Man'yoshu, poem 7-1101 by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Man'yoshu, poem 10-2314 by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro NNenbutsujienbutsuji TempleTemple NakayamaNakayama OOtsukatsuka KKofunofun 巻向の山邊とよみて行く水のみなあわあしひきの山かも高き巻向の岸の小松あしひきの山川の瀬のなるなべに弓月 Cobblestones の如し世の人われはにみ雪降りけりが嶽に雲立ち渡る makimuku no / yamabe to yomite / ashihiki no / yama kamo takaki / ashihiki no / yamagawa no se no / naru nabe yuku mizu no / mina awa no gotoshi / makimuku no / kishi no komatsu ni / ni / yutsuki ga take ni / kumo tachi wataru

yo no hito ware wa miyuki furi keri As the sounds of the rapids in the Just like water flows confidently and noisily Oh, snow is starting to fall on the small pine river that flows down the mountain down the river along the foothills of Makimuku, trees on the cliffs of Mt. Makimuku. It must be gets louder, a cloud arises and CChogakujihogakuji TTempleemple that is what we are as living beings. because it is higher here than on the plain. moves past Yutsukigatake Peak. Man'yoshu, poem 7-1269 by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Man'yoshu, poem 10-2313 by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Man'yoshu, poem 7-1088 by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro KurozukaKurozuka KofunKofun TenriTenri CityCity TTrailrail CenterCenter 鳴神の音のみ聞きし巻向の桧原の山を神山の山邊真蘇木綿みじか木綿かくの痛足河、河波立ちぬ巻目の由槻が嶽に今日見つるかもみ故に長くと思ひき雲居立てるらし Cobblestones narukami no / oto nomi kikishi / miwa yama no / yamabe maso yufu mijika anashi gawa / kawa nami tachinu / makimoku TombTomb ooff (Sloped road) makimuku no / hibara no yama o / kyo EmperorEmperor SujinSujin yufu / kaku nomi yue ni / nagaku to omoiki no / yutsuki ga take ni / kumo i tateru rashi mitsuru kamo The length of fabric made from ramie of the The waters of Anashi River are I had only heard of its thunderous reputation, mountains around Mt. Miwa is short. In the same rippled. It seems that clouds are but today, at last, I saw the mountain on the way, the life of Princess Toochi was short, even if I gathering around Yutsukigatake cypress plateau of Makimuku. had believed that her life would continue on forever. Peak of Mt. Makimuku. Man'yoshu, poem 7-1092 by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Man'yoshu, poem 2-157 by Prince Takechi Man'yoshu, poem 7-1087 by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro 大和は国のまほろばたたなづく青垣山かぐ山は畝火ををしと耳成と相あらそひき神代よりかくな三諸は人の守る山本辺はあしび花咲き末

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t i EmperorEmperor KeikoKeiko yamatoshi uruwashi shika nare koso / utsusemi mo / tsuma o arasou rashiki o Mt. Miwa is a place where people do not enter without reason, and a mountain n In the area around Three Mountains of Yamato, Mt. Kagu, Mt. Unebi which carefully protects each tree and blade of grass. Near the foot of this Yamato is the best place in the country. mountain, Japanese andromeda blooms, and towards its summit, camellia blooms. Surrounded by a blue hedge of overlapping and Mt. Miminashi, the relationship between men and women has long been complicated. It seems that the tradition of two men ﬁghting This mountain truly makes you feel beauty from the bottom of your heart and mountain layers, it is truly beautiful. for the hand of one woman has been going on since ancient times. takes care of your emotions, like calming a crying child, carefully protecting all. Man'yoshu, poem 13-3222 by unknown poet Vinyl-sheetVinyl-sheet Kojiki, by Prince Yamatotakeru Man'yoshu, poem 1-13 by Emperor Tenchi greenhousegreenhouse RoadRoad wwithith nnarrowarrow 山吹きの立ちしげみたる山清水酌みに古の人の植ゑけむ杉が枝に霞たなびくいにしへにありけむ人もわが如か三輪 entranceentrance ParkingParking llotot JRJR MakimukuMakimuku DownwardDownward sslopelope AnashiniimasuAnashiniimasu 行かめど道の知らなく春は来ぬらしの桧原にかざし折りけむ Hyozu-jinjaHyozu-jinja SShrinehrine StationStation yamabuki no / tachi shigemi taru / yama inishie no / hito no ue kemu / sugi ga e inishie ni / ari kemu hito mo / waga goto shimizu / kumi ni ikamedo / michi no shiranaku ni / kasumi tanabiku / haru wa kinurashi ka / miwa no hibara ni / kazashi ori kemu

SteeplySteeply sslopedloped rroadoad Sumo-jinjaSumo-jinja SShrinehrine Near the grave of Princess Toochi, there is a mountain spring A haze is drifting through the bran- I wonder if the people of long ago did flowing among kerria flowers. The spirit of the princess must ches of the cedars planted by people what I'm doing now, breaking off a YamanobeYamanobe nono MichiMichi (road(road marker)marker) pass through them to draw the water from the spring. I long ago. Spring has finally arrived. branch to use as an ornate hairpin on would like to go and meet her, but I don't know the way. the cypress plateau of Mt. Miwa. Man'yoshu, poem 2-158 by Prince Takechi Man'yoshu, poem 10-1814 by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Man'yoshu, poem 7-1118 by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro

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JRJR NagaraNagara SStationtation ◀Oyamato-jinja Shrine Located to the west of Yamanobe ▲Takenouchi and Kayo Road, Oyamato-jinja shrine is Moated Settlements reached by following a 350m Although there are many moated settlements approach path through lush forest. OOoyamatoOyamato-oyamato OoyamatoOoyamato min. in the Nara Basin, Takenouchi is the highest of On April 1st, the shrine holds the JinjyamaeJinjyamae NNishiyamazukaNishiyamazukaKofunishiyamazuka KKofunofun them in the prefecture (approximately 100m Chan-chan festival as an early ShrineS jinjahrin Shrinee above sea level). It is one of the villages created announcement of spring. And on for self-defense in Yamato region during the September 23rd, the Benishide Kayo Moated troubled times of the Warring States from the Dance, which is recognized as a Settlement Nanbokucho period until the unification under Municipal Intangible Folk Cultural Tsutsui Junkei. The moat surrounding the Asset, is held as offering to pray for settlement also served as a reservoir, and they rain. cultivated bamboo groves within the moat. In addition to Takenouchi, another similar Nenbutsuji To Fusumada Tomb settlement called Kayo also remains. Temple ◀Chogakuji Temple Chogakuji Temple was dedicated in 824 by Monk Kukai, who is Place for portable shrine also known posthumously as of Ooyamato-jinja Shrine Kobo-Daishi. The temple is Mt. Ryuo well-known for its flower gardens Pocket and cultural features. Passing Park through the Daimon gate and walking down the pebbled path, you reach the bell tower gate, the oldest in the country. The principal Temple gate image of the temple Amida Triad Kurozuka Kofun is also the oldest in Japan among Exhibition Hall crystal-eyed Buddhist statues. Kurozuka Kaminanka Stone Buddha Chogakuji Temple ▲Kurozuka Kofun Kofun Yanagimoto Tenri City Trail Center Chogakuji One of the Yanagimoto Kofun Cluster, it is a keyhole-shaped tumulus with an overall length of 130m. In 1998, 33 triangular-rimmed mirrors, also known as JRJR YanagimotoYanagimoto Temple Mirrors of Himiko, were excavated from the kofun. In the adjacent Kurozuka SStationtation Kofun Exhibition Hall, there is a full-sized replica of a pit rock burial chamber Tomb of and copies of mirrors, ironwork, etc. on display. Emperor Sujin Kushiyama kofun ◀Tomb of Emperor Sujin The burial mound of the 10th

Emperor Sujin was constructed JR Manyoumahoroba Line in the ﬁrst half of the 4th century, and it is also known as min. Andon-yama Tumulus. The neighboring site, Kushiyama Tumulus, has a rarely-seen ▲Tomb of Emperor Keiko "candy-wrap" shape, but the This burial mound of the 12th Emperor Keiko was identity of the person buried built late in the 4th century, and it is also known as there is unknown. Shibutani-Mukaiyama Tumulus. It is the largest No. 3 small tumuli among the tumuli that were built in th period.

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to be the most sacred mountain from ancient times. Mt. Miwa is formed of gabbro, which is rare in the National Route 169 Route National Kasuga Mountain Range, and studded with numerous huge rocks. Groups of these rocks are called the okitsu iwakura near the summit, nakatsu iwakura in the middle of the mountainside, and hetsu iwakura ▲Hashihaka Kofun at the foot of the mountain. Each of the iwakura (God seats) are where the gods Omono-nushi-no-kami, Onamuchi-no-kami, and Sukunahikona-no-kami respectively are said to descend to earth. Rest area Sai River This large keyhole-shaped tumulus has an overall GassanGassan MemorialMemorial HHallall min. length of 280m, with the round part having a diameter of 157m and heigth of 23m, and the slot Cobblestones (Sloped road) part having a width of 25m and height of 13m. It is the ◀Omiwa-jinja Shrine tomb of Yamatototohimomoso-hime, the imperial Also referred to as Miwa Myojin, Omiwa-jinja Shrine Mt.Miwa princess of Emperor Korei and the aunt of Emperor it is said to be the oldest shrine viewing platform Sai-jinja Shrine Sujin. Part of the moat around it still remains today. in Japan with the object of Tea Rest worship being Mt. Miwa behind it. As the oldest Sacred Moutain, Mt. Miwa is referred to Miwa Myojin as the Mountain of the Gods, Sandouguchi Miwa Myojin approach pathpath Omiwa-jinjaOmiwa-jinja ShrineShrine and there are many myths Omiwa-jinja about it in the historical records. JRJR MiwaMiwa Shrine SStationtation Inari-jinja Miwa teahouse Ruins Shrine Ebisu-jinja Shrine Byodoji Temple Shikimizugaki Palace Ruins min. Kita Art Kanaya Stone Buddhas ▲Genpian Museum It is a hermitage of Buddhist priest Genpin Sozu. Tsubaichi Kannon-do Hall Originally located in the Hibara Valley of Mt. Miwa, it ﬂourished as a Buddhist temple in the mountains, but fell into ruins and was restored in 1667. It was moved to its present location following the separation of Chuwa Main Route Monument to Shinto and Buddhism during the Meiji Restoration. Hase River Tsubaichi Kanaya Stone Buddhas▶ the Start of Kannon-do These are two stone Buddha images Buddhism preserved in a storehouse on the outskirts of Daikouji Bridge in Japan Hall Kanaya. They are carved in relief on two pieces of shale (H 2.14m, W 83.5cm, D 21.2cm), with Sakurai Umaide Bridge the images of Shaka Nyorai on the right and City Office BeBe ccarefulareful ggoingoing Miroku Nyorai on the left. They are believed to have been carved in the late Heian period. throughthrough underpass.underpass. min. ◀Monument to the Start of Buddhism in Japan An envoy from king Seong of the ancient Korean kingdom Paekche visited here during the reign of Emperor Kinmei, Sakurai presenting him with a vajra image, sutra To Uehonmachi Sakurai Tourist ▲Byodoji Temple scrolls, etc., so it is said that Buddhism in SakuraiSakurai Information Center To Kintetsu Nagoya, kashikojima Station Completely destroyed during the anti-Buddhist movement Japan started here. In addition to being the StationStation southern starting point of the Yamanobe of Meiji era, the area around the temple gate of the former To Takada, Ouji Kintetsu railway Osaka line Yamanobe no Michi Byodo-ji temple was reconstructed as Suisho-ji temple in Road, this area including Tsubaichi Starting point (road marker) South 1880, and in 1977 it was restored as the previous Byodoji Kannon-do Hall is referred to as the ruins of Guidepost temple. In addition to the Main Hall and Fudo Hall, there is a Tsubaichi, the oldest marketplace in Japan. footprint of the Buddha carved in stone from the Edo period. Honmachidoori Route Toilet Bus stop