71 - Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (Japan) (C 870) 2009 33COM 7B ... of any opinion whatsoever of the World Heritage Committee or of the Secretariat of UNESCO concerning the history or legal ...

Nara was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. During this period the framework of national government was consolidated and Nara enjoyed great prosperity, emerging as the fountainhead of Japanese ...

One of Nara's most famous spots is the imposing Todaiji Temple, a national treasure that houses an enormous Daibutsu, a nearly 50-foot-tall Great Buddha statue. This UNESCO World Heritage site is ...

source: UNESCO/CPE Description is available under license CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0 Monumentos budistas de la región de Horyu-ji Los monumentos budistas de la zona de Horyu-ji, situada en la prefectura de Nara ...

NARA--Kofukuji temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site here, will offer a rare chance for the public to view the interior of its five-story pagoda. Viewings are slated from Oct. 9 to Nov. 23 and ...

NARA—Local authorities have issued unprecedented ... which could exacerbate damage to the Kasugayama Primeval Forest, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Yasuhiro Nakanishi, vice president of the ...

On top of that, tourists from other parts of the world have also been busted for issues such as having public sex in sacred ...

While the Kansai region is well known for the high-octane buzz of Osaka and the Unesco-designated temples, shrines and gardens of Kyoto and Nara, it's also Japan's culinary heart, with numerous ...