Hiroshima, Japan

Mitaki-dera

Mitaki-dera, Hiroshima

Mitaki-dera is a forested Buddhist temple founded in 809 on the slopes of Mount Mitaki, named for the three waterfalls on its grounds. Famous for blazing autumn maples, it shelters a relocated two-story pagoda and offers water each year to the atomic bomb victims.

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Location

Coordinates: 34.42029, 132.43762

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