Sakai "Sakurai Shrine's Worship Hall"

		Sakurai Shrine's Worship Hall
	National Treasure Kamakura Period	Sakurai Shrine has a long history dating back to early-10th-century . Except for the worship and main halls, almost all the shrine buildings were destroyed by fire when Oda Nobunaga (1534-82), the supreme dominator attacked neighboring Negoro Temple. The worship hall is divided into two rooms by an earth-floored through passage (called a bado). Designed according to the architectural style of the Kamakura period of the 13 th Century, it was designated as a national treasure in 1917. Tourist Information Source: The Sakai municipal government


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