Gangō-ji

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Gokurakubō (a successor temple of the Gangō-ji

Gangō-ji (元興寺) was one of the first Buddhist temples in Japan, and was counted among the 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. Three small portions of the temple have survived to the present day, and each is now a separate temple.

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