Yoshino

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Yoshino (吉野) [1] is a town in Nara Prefecture, Japan.

Together with many other individual sites, 8 ancient temples and shrines built in the mountain area of Yoshino are listed as a part of UNESCO World Heritage under the name of Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range.

Mount Yoshino (alt. 455m) is cited since many centuries as Japan's most beautiful cherry blossom spots.

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About 1h30m depending on connections from Nara on Kintetsu lines, with changes at Yamato-Saidai-ji Station to Kintetsu Kashihara line and at Kashihara Station to Kintetsu Yoshino line.

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  • Kinbu-senji (金峯山寺)
  • Nyoirinji (如意輪寺)
  • Sakura-motobō (桜本坊)
  • Yoshino Mimakuri Jinja (吉野水分神社)
  • Kinbu Jinja (金峯神社)
  • Yoshimizu Jinja (吉水神社)

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