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Bukkyo University Museum of Religious Culture

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Bukkyo University Museum of Religious Culture

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Bukkyo University Museum of Religious Culture (Bukkyō Daigaku Shūkyō Bunka Myūjiamu) opened in Ukyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, in 2008. Affiliated to Bukkyo University, the museum's collection and displays focus on in particular Buddhist and Jōdo-shū religious culture and that of the Sagano area in which it is located, while the Religious Culture Theater stages performances of related intangible cultural heritage such as folk performing arts.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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