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	Nara Travel: Todaiji
		Todaiji ("Great Eastern Temple") is one of Japan's most famous and historically significant temples and a landmark of Nara.
		Todaiji was constructed in 752 as the head temple of all provincial Buddhist temples of Japan and grew so powerful that the capital was moved from Nara to Nagaoka in 784 in order to lower its influence on government affairs.
		Not only is Todaiji housing Japan's largest Buddha statue (Daibutsu), but it is also the world's largest wooden building, even though the present reconstruction of 1692 is only two thirds of the original temple's size.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e4100.html (150 words)

	Nara Temples: Todaiji
		Todaiji, the temple of the Great Buddha of Nara, is core business for any first-time visitor to the town.
		Ironically, it were the expenses of building Todaiji that brought the 8th-century nation to the brink of bankruptcy.
		Todaiji's Buddha only impresses because of his sheer mass, a 16 meter high mountain of copper, dwarfing he visitors going around him (ten grown people could easily stand on his upturned hand).
	www.xs4all.nl /~daikoku/junrei/reijo/14-ban.htm (2521 words)

	Todai-ji Temple in Nara, Japan
		It is one of the oldest treasures in the temple dating from the founding of Todaiji.
		The Hokke-do is significant because it is the oldest structure at Todaiji and was probably built between 740 and 747.
		Todaiji is in the north of the park.
	www.yamasa.org /japan/english/destinations/nara/todaiji.html (0 words)

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