Horyuji Temple

The oldest Buddhist temple in Japan is known to every Japanese and many people in the world under the name Horyuji - Temple of Prosperity of the Law.

In the center of the entire territory of the temple there is a rectangular courtyard with galleries. In the south there is a gate and in the north there is a sermon hall. Inside this square are the main properties: the Golden Temple with a large bunk roof, a pagoda of five floors 32 meters high. Inside is the main holy relic - the image of the Buddha. Ordinary people are denied access. Other buildings surround these main properties.

Khoryuji Temple is one of the few wooden buildings that have survived to our times, which makes it the most remarkable of which the Japanese are proud.