Saturday, February 1, 2014

Japan: Historic Monuments of Nara

On Monday I received three postcards: one from Japan, one from Belgium and one from Finland.

The card from Japan shows the temple Toshodai-ji in Nara in the Nara Prefecture.

Nara was from 710 to 784 the capital of Japan. The Toshodai-ji was founded in 759 by the Buddhist monk Jianzhen. The building on the card called the Golden Hall is a National Treasure of Japan. Since 1998 are the Historic Monuments of Nara a UNESCO World Heritage Site.


With great flower shaped stamp:
Spring Greeting (from set of ten) (issued 16-01-2014)
with First Day Special Postmark


Thank You very much Keiko!

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