Yuga Shrine

Yuga Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Nara, Nara. Yuga Shrine is situated nearby to the garden Middle Island, as well as near the community center 地域密着相談センター.

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Type: Shinto shrine
Description: shrine in Takabatakechō, Nara
Also known as: “Yūga Shrine”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nara National Museum and Kasuga-taisha.

Nara National Museum

Museum

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The Nara National Museum is one of the pre-eminent national art museums in Japan. Nara National Museum is situated 530 metres northeast of Yuga Shrine.

Kasuga-taisha is a Shinto shrine in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is the shrine of the Fujiwara family, established in 768 CE and rebuilt several times over the centuries. Kasuga-taisha is situated 670 metres east of Yuga Shrine.

Gangō-ji

Heritage site

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Gangō-ji was one of the first Buddhist temples in Japan, and was ranked as one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, in Nara, Japan. It was mostly destroyed in the Muromachi period and the old town of Naramachi occupies most of what was once the temple's precincts. Gangō-ji is situated 430 metres west of Yuga Shrine.