Watch The World Heritage Sites in Japan Season 1 Episode 7 Online
- COUNTRIES: Japan
- Subtitles: 日本語,English
Once known as Michinooku or "the back country," the town of Hiraizumi in the Tohoku region was founded in the 12th century. Its temples were built over three generations by the Fujiwara clan in an attempt to recreate the Buddhist Pure Land, an ideal world free of defilement and suffering, exemplified by the Golden Hall at Chuson-ji Temple.
