Nara Rurie

The information about Nara Rurie is presented here. Nara Rurie is held every year from February 8th to 14th. Nara Rurie connects Todai-ji Temple, Kofuku-ji Temple, and Kasuga Taisha Shrine with a fantastic corridor of lapis lazuli-colored light. Todai-ji Temple, Kofuku-ji Temple, and Kasuga Taisha Shrine are all World Heritage Sites and are open for special night viewing. Various events are also held at Nara Rurie. (Confirmation required)

【Nara Rurie 2024 Schedule】

Nara Rurie 2024 will be held from February 8th (Thursday) to February 14th (Wednesday), 2024, from 18:00 to 21:00. Special night viewing (Kasuga Taisha Shrine, Kofuku-ji Temple, and Todai-ji Temple) will be held from 17:00 to 20:00.

【Kofuku-ji Temple (Nara Rurie) map ＆ access】

Address: 48 Noborioji-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Access (How to get there): Kencho-mae bus stop (about 3 minutes on foot), Kintetsu Nara Station (about 5 minutes on foot), JR Nara Station (about 20 minutes on foot)

【Nara Rurie brief overview】

Nara Rurie (瑠璃絵) has been held since 2010. Nara Rurie is held with the hope that people will join hands at Todai-ji Temple (東大寺), Kofuku-ji Temple (興福寺), and Kasuga Taisha Shrine (春日大社), that their hearts will be purified and their happiness will come, and that small prayers will join together to form a great prayer for peace, and that the star in lapis lazuli will shine beautifully forever.
Nara Rurie connects Todai-ji Temple, Kofuku-ji Temple, and Kasuga Taisha Shrine with a fantastic corridor of lapis lazuli-colored light. Todai-ji Temple, Kofuku-ji Temple, and Kasuga Taisha Shrine are all World Heritage Sites and are open for special night viewing. In addition, at Naonara Rurie, illuminations are held in the garden of the Nara Kasugano International Forum Iraka ～I・RA・KA～ and various events are held. (Confirmation required)

★Nara Kasugano International Forum Iraka ～I・RA・KA～ is where Kofuku-ji Temple, the main temple of the Hosso sect, once built Shion-in to worship Kasuga Daimyoji, the deity enshrined on Ukigumo-no-mine, the summit of Mt. Mikasa-yama. After the Meiji Restoration, Shion-in was abolished due to the Haibutsukishaku. In 1987, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Nara Prefecture and to promote international exchange and traditional performing arts, Nara Prefecture New Public Hall was built in the birthplace of Noh drama, and opened on April 1st, 1989. In 2015, integration work was carried out with the adjacent Nara Park Silk Road Exchange Center, and it was reopened in July of that year. On April 1st, 2015, the name was changed from Nara Prefecture New Public Hall to Nara Kasugano International Forum Iraka ～I・RA・KA～.
★Todai-ji Temple is said to have originated from Kinshosen-ji Temple, which was built in 728 by the 45th Emperor Shomu and Empress Komyo to mourn the deceased Prince Motoi. In 741, Emperor Shomu issued a decree for the construction of Kokubun-ji Temple and Kokubun-niji Temple, and the following year, 742, Kinshosen-ji Temple became Yamato Kokubun-ji Temple.In 743, Emperor Shomu issued a decree for the casting of Great Buddha, and the casting of Great Buddha at Todai-ji Temple began in 745. After that, the casting of Great Buddha was completed in 749, Great Buddha Hall was completed in 751.
★Kofuku-ji Temple is said to have originated in Yamashina-dera Temple (Kyoto), where in 669, Kagami no Okimi, the wife of Fujiwara no Kamatari, prayed for the healing of her husband’s illness. In 672, the capital was moved to Asuka Kiyomihara-no-miya, and around that time Yamashina-dera Temple was also moved to Umayasaka, and was named Umayasaka-dera Temple. In 710, the capital was moved to Heijo-kyo, and Fujiwara no Fuhito moved Umayasaka-dera Temple to its present location and named it Kofuku-ji Temple.
★Kasuga Taisha Shrine is said to have originated about 1,300 years ago when Takemikaduchi-no-Mikoto, the deity of Kashima Jingu Shrine in Hitachi Province (Ibaraki), was invoked at Ukigumo-no-mine, the summit of Mt. Mikasa-yama. Then, in 768, Fujiwara no Nagate built a shrine building on the present site by order of the 48th Emperor Shoutoku, and enshrined Futsunushi-no-Omikoto of Katori Jingu Shrine (Chiba), Amenokoyane-no-Mikoto and Hime-Gami of Hiraoka Shrine (Osaka), together with Takemikaduchi-no-Mikoto.

【Nara Rurie remarks】
*Events may be rescheduled or cancelled. Also, the content of the event may have changed.
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