Chūson-ji temple and Motsuji temple. Chūson-ji is home to Konjikidō Golden Hall, an 12th century structure covered in gold leaf. Underneath the dais, the body of the first Ōshū Fujiwara lord, Kiyohira, and the bodies of the three more generations of his lineage, lay.
Motsuji temple, in Hiraizumi in southern Iwate Prefecture, has one of the oldest Pure Land Gardens of Japan and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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