Events
- 710: Japan's capital is moved from Fujiwara-kyō to Heijō-kyō, modeled after China's capital Chang'an
- 712: The collection of tales Kojiki
- 717: The Hoshi Ryokan is founded, and it survives to become Japan's (and the world's) second oldest known hotel in 2012. (The oldest was founded in 705.)
- 720: The collection of tales Nihon Shoki
- 743: Emperor Shōmu issues a rescript to build the Daibutsu (Great Buddha), later to be completed and placed in Tōdai-ji, Nara
- 752: The Great Buddha(Daibutsu) at Tōdai-ji was completed
- 759: The poetic anthology Man'yōshū
- 784: The emperor moves the capital to Nagaoka
- 788: The Buddhist monk Saichō founds the monastery of Mt Hiei, near Kyoto, which becomes a vast ensemble of temples
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