Tanzan Shrine
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The Tanzan Shrine or Danzan Shrine, also known as the Tonomine Temple, is a Buddhist temple in Sakurai, Nara, Japan. It was major Buddhist site prior to the anti-Buddhist movement of the Meiji Era, which led to the destruction of many Buddhist temples in Japan. The original temple, a 13 storey wooden pagoda, was built in 678. The present pagoda was built in 1532.
Kemari Matsuri ("Kick-ball Festival") is held every year on April 29 and the second Sunday in November. On this day, people in ancient costumes and arranged in a circle play a form of football in which they kick a ball made of deerskin to each other.
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 The grounds of the shrine. |
 A secondary building at the shrine. |
 Kemari Matsuri at the shrine |
