Todaiji Temple in Nara Tour! - Video Japan Guide
Todaiji is a Buddhist temple located in the Nara prefecture. In 1998, It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Nara, Japan - Todaiji Temple
Todaiji (東大寺, Tōdaiji, Great Eastern Temple) is one of Japan's most famous and historically significant temples and a landmark of Nara. The temple was constructed in 752 as the head temple of all provincial Buddhist temples of Japan and grew so powerful that the capital was moved from Nara to Nagaoka in 784 in order to lower the temple's influence on government affairs.
Japan 2016 - Nara Park & Todaiji Temple
Nara Park in the City of Nara, Japan. In Nara Park there are over 1,200 wild shika deer, freely roaming around, quite tame and begging for food. They even perform small tricks for you to get food! The deer are considered a natural treasure, and also sacred beings to the Shinto Religion. Also in Nara Park is Todaiji - The Great Eastern Temple which houses the world's largest Bronze Buddha statue.
Todaiji Temple, Nara Japan. Храм Тодайдзи, Нара Япония.
“The origins of Tōdai-ji lie in a temple called Kinshō-ji which was founded in 728 for the repose of the spirit of Crown Prince Motoi, son of Emperor Shōmu (r. 724-749). In 741 when the Emperor issued his edict ordering the construction of a national system of monasteries (Kinkōmyō-ji) known as the Kokubun-ji, Kinshō-ji was elevated in status. In 743 Emperor Shōmu issued his proclamation for the erection of a Great Buddha Image and when the capital was returned to Heijō (Nara) construction of the colossal image of Vairocana was begun on the grounds of the Kinkōmyō-ji and was completed in 749. Construction of the Great Buddha Hall took place concurrently and the image was dedicated in 752 with a lavish consecration ceremony. Subsequently the Office for the Construction of Tōdai-ji supervised the building of the West and East Pagodas, the Lecture Hall and Monks’ Quarters to complete the temple complex.
Because Tōdai-ji was the chief temple in the Kokubun-ji system, it was a center for rituals for the peace of the nation and the prosperity of the people; it also functioned, however, as a center for the training of scholar monks who studied Buddhist doctrine.
In 855 the head of the Great Buddha fell off in a major earthquake. The image was quickly restored. In subsequent years fires and lightning destroyed the Lecture Hall, the Monks’ Quarters and the West Pagoda. In 1180 more than half of the compound including the Great Buddha Hall was destroyed in the fire that resulted from the attack on the Nara temples by Taira no Shigehira. In the next year restoration of the temple was begun by the monk Chōgen (1121-1206) and in 1185 the Great Buddha was consecrated. In the following year the Province of Suō (Yamaguchi Prefecture) was designated to provide income for the reconstruction of Tōdai-ji and the pace of the work increased. Ten years later the Great Buddha Hall was completed. As the temple was reconstructed scholastic activities which had been stagnant were also revived and during the Kamakura period (1185-1333) the temple trained many scholar-monks.
In 1567, however, the temple burned again during a skirmish between the Miyoshi and Matsunaga clans, and the only structures not burned were the Nigatsu-dō, Hokke-dō, Great South Gate, Tegai-mon Gate, Shōsō-in and the Bell Tower. Because the country was at war, restoration was extremely difficult and the only repairs that could be made were to cover the head of the Great Buddha with copper sheathing. Finally in the mid-Edo period the monk Kōkei (1648-1705) petitioned the shogunal government for permission to solicit donations throughout the land and to seek the assistance of some powerful warlords and thus a proper restoration was finally begun. As a result of these efforts, the present Great Buddha was consecrated in 1692 and the Great Buddha Hall was dedicated In 1709.
After the start of the Meiji period in 1868 edicts legislating the separation of Shinto and Buddhist religious establishments and the confiscation of temple lands threatened the existence of Tōdai-ji. Nevertheless, the temple managed to carry out major repairs to the Great Buddha Hall at the start of this century and again in the 1970s and has striven to preserve the extensive compound with all its structures. Tōdai-ji today preserves many precious cultural treasures from the temple’s past, yet it also is a treasure house of traditional Buddhist rituals such as the Shuni-e held at the Nigatsu-dō. Many people from throughout Japan and the world visit the temple to worship and pay their respects every year.”
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Todaiji temple in Nara city, part 1 - Great South Gate to Great Buddha Hall : Japan Trip
Todaiji temple in Nara city, Japan
part 1 - Great South Gate to Great Buddha Hall
Todaiji temple is one of the most popular destinations for overseas tourists as well as Japanese tourists.
On this video, Let's see the Great South Gate and the Great Buddha Hall together.
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Part 2 - to Western & Northern Area
Part 3 - to Eastern Area
I hope these videos will help you with your plan of a trip to Todaiji temple.
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Exploring Nara, Japan [THE DEER PREFECTURE] ｜Day 60 - Nara
Nara prefecture is in the Kansai region of Japan near Kyoto and Osaka. The prefectural capital Nara City is home to eight temples, shrines, and ruins from the ancient first capital of Japan: Todai-ji, Saidai-ji, Kofuku-ji, Kasuga Taisha Shrine, Gango-ji, Yakushi-ji, Toshodai-ji, and the Heijo Palace, together with Kasugayama Primeval Forest. These inspiring sites collectively form the “Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara” a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Nara is also famous for its furry ambassadors, the tame deer who roam through the town, especially in Nara Park. Snack vendors sell “shika sembei” (deer biscuits) to visitors so they can feed the deer.
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Nara Tourism | 1 Minute Travel | Todaiji Temple | Daibutsu Pond
A glimpse of the serene and unspoilt World Heritage Todaiji Temple grounds encompassing the Daibutsu or Great Buddha pond.
Must Visit Deer Park in Japan!
Must Visit Deer Park in Japan! Visit Nara Park and a Buddhist temple all in the small town of Nara, just outside Kyoto, Japan.
Nara Park (奈良公園 Nara Kōen) is a public park located in the city of Nara, Japan, at the foot of Mount Wakakusa. Established in 1880 it is one of the oldest parks in Japan. Administratively, the park is under the control of Nara Prefecture. The park is one of the Places of Scenic Beauty designated by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Over 1,200 wild sika deer (シカ or 鹿 shika) freely roaming around in the park are also under designation of MEXT, classified as natural treasure. While the official size of the park is about 502 hectares (1,240 acres), the area including the grounds of Tōdai-ji, Kōfuku-ji, and Kasuga Shrine, which are either on the edge or surrounded by Nara Park, is as large as 660 hectares (1,600 acres).
While Nara Park is usually associated with the broad areas of the temples and the park proper, previously private gardens are now open to public. These gardens make use of the temple buildings as adjunct features of their landscapes.
The park is home to the Nara National Museum and Todai-ji, where the largest wooden building in the world houses a 15-metre (50 ft) tall statue of Buddha.
JAPAN 2017 │DAY 3 Nara, Nara Park & Todaiji Temple/The great Buddha 奈良, 奈良公園, 東大寺, 大仏
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Join us to the amazing Nara and Todaiji temple!
Today we took a train out to Nara. We visited Nara park with all the deers and temples. In the rain we took a carriage, not a horse carriage but human carriage.. felt so sorry for this guy running in the rain pulling the two of us through the city.
We visited Todaiji temple and saw the great Buddha.
Afterwards we went on our way back home after an tiring and wet day!
Tōdai-ji (東大寺?, Eastern Great Temple)[1] is a Buddhist temple complex, that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, located in the city of Nara, Japan. Its Great Buddha Hall (大仏殿 Daibutsuden?), houses the world's largest bronze statue of the Buddha[2] Vairocana,[3] known in Japanese as Daibutsu (大仏?). The temple also serves as the Japanese headquarters of the Kegon school of Buddhism. The temple is a listed UNESCO World Heritage Site as one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara, together with seven other sites including temples, shrines and places in the city of Nara. Deer, regarded as messengers of the gods in the Shinto religion, roam the grounds freely.
Nara sights: deer, Todaiji Buddha and Daibutsuden
A lot of you asked us about this video in the past few days, so... here we go!
Are you ready for some cuteness overload? Let's have a look at the best things to do in Nara, Japan. Our first choice, of course, has been Nara deer Park, with its over 1200 wild deer roaming free and bowing to the visitors to get some crackers. Among the best Nara sights there's also the Todaiji Buddha, located in the Daibutsuden (the great Buddha Hall), one of the biggest wooden buildings still intact in Japan. Around Todaiji Temple there are dozens of friendly deer, willing to be touched and cuddled... for the right price. They usually get close in the hope of getting some deer crackers, sold by the vendors in the area. Yet it's important to be very careful, because they are still wild animals, which sometimes can bite or kick those they see as threats!
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Japan Nara Trip - Tōdai-ji 東大寺 Temple
This is the last part of our trip to Nara. We visited famous Todai-ji Temple with 15 meters Buddha statue. At the end of a day we had a nice dinner at a local restaurant where we tried Nara sushi (kaki-no-hazushi 柿の葉ずし) wrapped in persimmon leave. Of course the deer accompanied us nearly till the town :)