Ikaruga (Nara)

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Ikaruga-chō
斑鳩 町
Ikaruga
Geographical location in Japan
Ikaruga (Nara) (Japan)
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Region : Kinki
Prefecture : Nara
Coordinates : 34 ° 37 '  N , 135 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 34 ° 36 '32 "  N , 135 ° 43' 50"  E
Basic data
Surface: 14.27 km²
Residents : 27,424
(October 1, 2019)
Population density : 1922 inhabitants per km²
Community key : 29344-0
Symbols
Tree : Japanese black pine
Flower : Camellia sasanqua
town hall
Address : Ikaruga Town Hall
3 - 7 - 12 , Nishi, Hōryū-ji
Ikaruga -chō, Ikoma-gun
Nara  636-0198
Website URL: http://www.town.ikaruga.nara.jp
Location of Ikarugas in Nara Prefecture
Location of Ikarugas in the prefecture

Ikaruga ( Japanese 斑鳩 町 , - chō ) is a city in Ikoma district in the Japanese prefecture of Nara .

Attractions

three-story pagoda of Hokki-ji

Ikaruga is home to the Hōryū-ji and Hokki-ji Buddhist temples , which are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site Buddhist Shrines of Hōryū-ji . The Hōryū-ji includes the oldest wooden buildings in the world and the Hokki-ji the oldest three-story pagoda ( 三重 塔 , Sanjū no kō ) of Japan, which are the national treasures of Japan .

Other temples in Ikaruga are the Chūgū-ji with a Maitreya figure and the oldest silk embroidery in Japan (both national treasures ), Hōrin-ji ( 法輪 寺 ), as well as the Kichiden-ji ( 吉田 寺 ) and the Mimuroyama ( 三室 山 ).

Other religious buildings are the Shinto shrines Ikaruga Shrine ( 斑鳩 神社 , Ikaruga-jinja ) and Tatsuta Shrine ( 龍田 神社 , Tatsuta-jinja ).

Furthermore, there are kofun ( tumuli ), such as the Fujinoki kofun ( 藤 ノ 木 古墳 ), the Okanohara kofun ( 丘 の 原 古墳 ), the Terayama kofun ( 寺 山 古墳 ), etc. v. a. m.

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education

In Ikaruga there are the primary schools Ikaruga, Ikaruga-Higashi (German "Ikaruga East") and Ikaruga-Nishi (German "Ikaruga West"), the secondary schools Ikaruga and Ikaruga-Minami (German "Ikaruga South"), as well as the operated by the prefecture of Nara Hōryū-ji Kokusai Kōtō Gakkō (Eng. "International Hōryū-ji High School").

Neighboring cities and communities

Web links

Commons : Ikaruga  - collection of images, videos and audio files