Horyuji Temple【world heritage site】
- World Heritage Sites
A lot of the world’s oldest wooden structures remain in the temple. The main hall (Kondo), the five-story pagoda (Goju-no-to), the central gate (Chumon) and the corridor (Kairou), which are major buildings in the Western Precinct (Saiin) of the Horyuji Temple, present a style of Buddhist architecture in the early stage, which is not preserved in China and Korea today.
Information
| Address | 〒636-0115 1-1, Horyujisannai, Ikaruga-cho, Ikoma-gun, Nara |
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| Access | ・It is 1.3km on foot from Horyuji Station for 20 minutes ・Getting off at 1.2km Horyuji Temple door front bus stop is immediate by bus from Horyuji Station for five minutes |
| Hours | Until 30 minutes before entrance closing a gate for from 8:00 to 17:00 for from February 22 to November 3 Until 30 minutes before entrance closing a gate for from 9:00 to 16:30 for from November 4 to February 21 |
| Contact | 0745-75-2555 Horyuji Temple |
| Fee | 1500 yen for adults, 750 yen for elementary school students (Saiin Buddhist monastery, great ex-Emperor treasury, east House Buddhist monastery common collective rate) |
| URL1 | http://www.horyuji.or.jp/ |
