“Ancient Secrets Unveiled: Archaeologists Unearth a 1,300-Year-Old Cafeteria Hidden Within Japan’s Sacred Buddhist Ruins!”
If this is indeed the case, the cafeteria may be the largest of its kind ever found at a Buddhist temple from the time period. So, why was it so large?
Tamago Moffle/FlickrThe largest hall at Nara Palace, which the cafeteria at the Buddhist temple may have been based on.
According to the Sankei Shimbun, Mahito Uehara, a professor of archaeology at Kyoto University, noted that the temple was built to look like Daigokuden Hall, the largest hall at the former imperial palace. This “is probably why it became so large,” he said. “The fact that it is close to Heijō-kyō may have also played a role.”
“This will be useful for future Kokubunji investigations,” Uehara continued. As excavations continue, researchers hope the discoveries made at Yamashiro Kokubunji may reveal more about Buddhist temples from the Nara Period and Japan’s history as a whole.
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