🌸🌺🌿🍃 Kasuga Grand Shrine

Located next to Nara Park, Kasuga Grand Shrine is the headquarters of all Kasuga Shrines across Japan. 🌸🌺🌿🍃 Along with Ise Grand Shrine and Itsukushima Shrine, it is known as one of the three great shrines of Japan. Kasuga Mountain, as the sacred mountain of Kasuga Grand Shrine, has been protected from logging for a thousand years, 🌸🌺🌿🍃 thus preserving its original forest dominated by oak and beech trees. Since the 9th century, the shrine has prohibited deforestation, 🌸🌺🌿🍃 and the primeval forest has been preserved as an inseparable landscape with the shrine, both of which are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites 🌸🌺🌿🍃 #Nara #KasugaGrandShrine