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town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

Ikoma District, Nara is a district located in Nara Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 80,507 and a density of 1,569.34 persons per km2. The total area is 51.30 km2. Towns and villages * Ando * Heguri * Ikaruga ...

, Japan. Ikaruga is home to

Hōryū-ji is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Its full name is , or Learning Temple of the Flourishing Law, the complex serving as both a seminary and monastery. The temple was ...

and

Hokki-ji – formerly known as and – is a Buddhist temple in Okamoto, Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The temple's honorary '' sangō'' prefix is , although it is rarely used. The temple was constructed to honor Avalokitesvara, and an 11-faced ...

, ancient

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s collectively inscribed as

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. Other ancient temples include Hōrin-ji, also in the vicinity of Hōryū-ji. The town was named after the Palace of Prince Shōtoku, Ikaruga-no-Miya (''Imperial Palace of Ikaruga'', or ''Imperial House of Ikaruga''), whose grounds were at Hōryū-ji, thus it is also called Ikaruga-dera (temple of Ikaruga). As of 31 August, 2021, the town has an estimated

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of 28,215, with 11,308

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s. The total area is .

Neighboring municipalities

Nara Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Nara Prefecture has a population of 1,321,805 and has a geographic area of . Nara Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Osaka Prefecture to the northwest, Wakayam ...

** Ikoma **

Yamatokōriyama is a city in Nara Prefecture, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 84,059 and 38,944 households. Geography Yamato Koriyama is located in the northern part of the Nara Basin and stretches approximately 9 km from east to west and ...

** Sangō ** Heguri ** Ando **

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** Ōji

Geography

* Tatsuta River (Nara Prefectural Tatsuta Park) *

Yamato River The is a river which flows through Nara Prefecture and Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It is designated Class A by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). The river flows via towns: *Nara Prefecture ** Yamatokōriyama *Os ...

*Mount Matsuo

Education

Elementary schools

* Ikaruga Elementary School * Ikarugahigashi Elementary School * Ikaruganishi Elementary School

Junior high schools

* Ikaruga Junior High School * Ikarugaminami Junior High School

High schools

* Hōryū-ji International High School

Notable places

Temples and shrines

* Hōrin-ji * Chūgū-ji * Kichiden-ji * Mimuroyama * Ikaruga Shrine * Ryūta Shrine

Kofun

* Fujinoki Kofun * Kasuga Kofun * Okanohara Kofun * Terayama Kofun

Transportation

Rail

West Japan Railway Company , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and ...

Kansai Main Line The is a railway line in Japan, which connects Nagoya Station with JR Namba Station in Osaka. It is jointly run by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West), with the boundary between both compan ...

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Yamatoji Line The is the common name of the western portion of the Kansai Main Line. The line is owned and operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West), and starts at Kamo Station in Kyoto Prefecture and ends at JR Namba Station in Naniwa-ku, Osaka. Op ...

Hōryūji Station is a railway station on the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line) in the town of Ikaruga, Ikoma District, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Layout *There are 2 side platforms serving 2 tracks on the 1st level. Surroundi ...

Road

Japan National Route 25 is a national highway connecting Yokkaichi and Osaka in Japan. Route data *Length: 144.5 km (89.8 mi) *Origin: Yokkaichi (originates at junction with Route 23) *Terminus: Osaka (ends at junction with Routes 1 and 2) *Major cities: ...

Japan National Route 168 is a National highways of Japan, national highway of Japan connecting Shingū, Wakayama and Hirakata, Osaka in Japan, with a total length of 194.8 km (121.04 mi). References

National highways in Japan Roads in Nara Prefecture ...

References

External links

* * Towns in Nara Prefecture {{Nara-geo-stub