Kasuga Taisha

Kasuga Taisha

World Heritage Kasuga Taisha Official Website

Kasuga Taisha shrine is a shrine in Nara Park against the background of Kasugayama primitive forest. It is a World Heritage "cultural property of ancient Nara", and it was founded to pray for the patronage of Heijyo-kyo and the prosperity of the people in the Nara era and enshrines the Mr. Fujiwara's patron goddess. It tells that God came in riding on a deer.

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