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jan 1, 607 - Horyu-ji temple

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Regarded as the "father of Japanese Buddhism", Prince Shotoku made Buddhism the state religion by constructing major Buddhist temples such as Horyu-ji near Nara.

Horyu-ji temple is the only surviving Buddhism monastery from the Asuka Period in it's original state.

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jan 1, 607
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~ 1419 years ago

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