Muroji Temple

Japan’s oldest shrine mentioned in Kojiki and Nihonshoki

Dedicated to Kamatoku Fujiwara, a central figure in the Taika Reform of the Taika Era

Appearing in many classical literature

Where the Yin-Yang Master Abe Seimei practiced Yin-Yang path

The place where the palace capital was established in the 7th century

Japan’s first Buddhist temple with a full-scale temple complex

Japan’s largest square burial mound with a huge stone chamber

One of the oldest temples in Japan with impressive carvings of Indian origin