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Sakurai city
桜井市
桜井
alternative words: Sakuraishi city, Sakuraishi, Sakurai shi, Sakurai
keywords:
nara
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tourist resort
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town
related topics:
Nara prefecture
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Oomiwa shrine
related web sites:
http://www.city.sakurai.nara.jp
explanation: Located in the center of Nara prefecture and sud-east of Nara basin, Sakurai had been once the center of Japanese civilization with Oomiwa shrine which enshrines Oomononushi and Hasihaka tumulus which may be a grave of Queen Himiko. For that reason, Sakurai attracts many amateurs of the old civilization. Sakurai is also active in sawing industry for forestry of Yoshino mountains. Somen (Japanese noodles) of Miwa is well known, too. The population is 64,000.
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