Sakurai, Nara

Sakurai (桜井市, Sakurai-shi) is a ceety in Nara, Japan.

As o 2007, the ceety haed an estimatit population o 63,321 wi a density o 630.01 bodies per km². The total aurie is 98.92 km².

The ceety wis foondit on September 1, 1956.

Sakurai is hame tae Ōmiwa Shrine, traditionally considered ane o the auoldest Shinto shrines in Japan dedicatit tae the god o sake. Sake dealers athort Japan aften hang a wooden sugi ball, made at Ōmiwa Shrine, as a talisman tae the god o sake. It features in Yukio Mishima's novel Runaway Horses.

Famous places

• Buddhist temples
  • Miwasanbyōdō-ji
  • Hase-dera
  • Asuka-dera
  • Tachibana-dera
  • Abemonju-in
  • Seirin-ji

• Shinto shrines
  • Ōmiwa Shrine
  • Tanzan Shrine
  • Kasayamakō Shrine
  • Tamatsura Shrine

Sister ceeties

In Japan

• Kumano, Mie
• Taisha, Shimane

Ootside Japan

• Chartres, Fraunce.

Freemit airtins

• Template:Ja icon Official website

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