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Hirakawa temple ruins

Temple in Jōyō, Kyōto

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Hirakawa temple ruins (平川廃寺跡, Hirakawa haiji ato) is an archeological site with the ruins of a Nara period Buddhist temple located in the Hirakawa-Furumiya neighborhood of the city of Jōyō, Kyoto, Japan. It was designated as a National Historic Site in 1975 with the area under protection expanded in 2008.

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