[Image1]Oyama Temple Fudodo Hall and Palace become National Important Cultural Property!Oyama Temple Fudodo
[Image2]Oyama Temple Fudodo Hall and Palace become National Important Cultural Property!Oyama Temple Fudodo
[Image3]Oyama Temple Fudodo Hall and Palace become National Important Cultural Property!Oyama Temple Fudodo
[Image4]Oyama Temple Fudodo Hall and Palace become National Important Cultural Property!Oyama Temple Fudodo
[Image5]Oyama Temple Fudodo Hall and Palace become National Important Cultural Property!Oyama Temple Fudodo

Oyama Temple Fudodo Hall and Palace become National Important Cultural Property!

Oyama Temple Fudodo Hall and Palace are designated as National Important Cultural Properties (buildings) of Japan. This is the first time that Kamogawa City has been designated as an important cultural property (building), and there are three nationally designated cultural properties in Kamogawa City, including the special natural monument "Tai no ura Tai habitat" and the natural monument "Kiyosumi no Great Cedar Tree".

Oyama Temple is said to have been opened in the Nara period (724) by the founder of Nara Todaiji Temple, Ryōben Monkmasa. It prospered under the worship of Minamoto no Yoritomo and Ashikaga Takashi, and survived as a Yamabushi Temple in the Edo period. It is located in a vantage point overlooking the Nagasa Plain and the Pacific Ocean.

Oyama Temple
Location: 1718-1 Hiratsuka, Kamogawa City

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