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Todaiji temple in Nara to open museum in fall  
 
Todaiji temple to open museum
Kosei Morimoto (R), a priest at Todaiji temple in Nara, western Japan, holds a poster about a new museum on July 21, 2011. The temple, part of the World Heritage site in Nara, will open the museum on its premises on Oct. 10 to exhibit its Buddhist sculptures and other artworks. (Kyodo)
Todaiji temple in Nara to open museum in fall  
NARA, Japan, July 22 Kyodo 

 

      Todaiji temple, part of a World Heritage site in the ancient Japanese capital of Nara, western Japan, will open a museum in the fall to exhibit its Buddhist statues and other artworks.
     The museum with a five-room exhibition floor of about 600 square meters will open Oct. 10 in the temple's cultural center facility near the Great Buddha hall, the temple said Thursday.
     The main exhibits will include statues of sunlight bodhisattva,
moonlight bodhisattva and Fuku Kenjaku Kannon bodhisattva.
     ''I believe the museum will help visitors realize the charms of Nara, as the cultural base to promote Todaiji temple,'' said Kosei Morimoto, a Todaiji priest and director of the cultural center.
     The admission fee is set at 500 yen for adults and 300 yen for
elementary school students.

 

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