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Coordinates: 34°35′48″N 135°50′14″E. Tenri (天理市, Tenri-shi) is a city located in Nara Prefecture, Japan. The modern city was founded on April 1, 1954, and is named after the Japanese new religion Tenrikyo, which has its headquarters in the city. As of April 1, 2015, the city has an estimated population of 66,866, and 29,169 households. [1] .
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Tenri is a small city located just to the south of Nara city and is noted for being the location of the headquarters of Tenri-kyo, an offshoot Buddhist religion. It is also the only city in Japan that is named after a religion.
Tenri is a city located in Nara Prefecture, Japan. The modern city was founded on April 1, 1954, and is named after the Japanese new religion Tenrikyo, which has its headquarters in the city.
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Tenri, city, Nara ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan. It lies in the eastern part of the Nara basin. The area around the city contains many burial mounds and shrines dating from early historic times. Tenri became well-known in 1881, when the headquarters and main temple of Tenrikyō, a Shintō sect,
May 9, 2023 · The eastern mountains bordering the Nara Basin is where much of Japan’s oldest history can be found, from ancient Kofun burial mounds, to the earliest-known shrines and temples in the country. The Yamanobe-no-Michi winds its way through this historical landscape amid a gentle landscape of small towns, fruit orchards, and forestland.
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