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Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Yamato

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Main hall, or hondō, Saidai-ji
Enjō-ji, Nara
Shin-Yakushi-ji, Nara

The Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Yamato (大和十三仏霊場, Yamato jūsan butsu reijō) are a group of 13 Buddhist sacred sites in Nara Prefecture. Yamato was a former province of Japan corresponding to today's Nara Prefecture. The majority of the temples in this grouping are part of Japanese esoteric Shingon Buddhism.

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