Horin-ji Temple

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A Buddhist temple located in Mii, Ikaruga Town. Founded in the Asuka period, the temple is said to have been erected by Prince Yamashiro no oe, son of Prince Shotoku. No structures from the time of the temple’s foundings remain today. The temple’s three-tier pagoda, designated a National Treasure in the Meiji period, burned down after a lightning strike in 1944; it was rebuilt in 1975. The temple houses numerous precious Buddhist statues designated as Important Cultural Properties, including an Asuka period seated statue of Yakushi Nyorai (Healing Buddha),

Spot details

Address: Nara Pref. Ikomagunikarugachou Mi 1570 Map
Area: Ikaruga / Yamatokoriyama Area
Phone: 0745752686
Hours: [Worship times]
[Mar.- Nov.]8:00-17:00
[Dec.- Feb.]8:00-16:30
Closed: open everyday
Fees: [Admission fee to worship]
[Adult]500yen
[Junior high school students]400yen
[Elementary School Students]200yen
Parking Lot: Available (passenger car 10spaces)
※Free

Information Sources: NAVITIME JAPAN

Review

Beautiful pagoda

Reviewed : 2019.12.16

After I visited Horyuji, I walked to Horinji. It takes maybe 20 minutes, and it is very pleasant to walk by watching a rustic landscape. Unfortunately, the pagoda of Horinji is a reconstruction in...
Looks Better From A Distance

Reviewed : 2018.09.07

Looks impressive as you hike up towards it but actually not much there when you get through the gates. The pagoda is nice, but you will have seen better at the Horyuji, and again if you continue on...
由緒ある古寺名刹でした

Reviewed : 2021.10.27

同音の寺院はそこそこあります。同字・同音は大阪府に一つあるくらいかな？ここは聖徳太子の子、山背大兄王の創建になる寺院。飛鳥平安の仏像を伝え、星の仏妙見菩薩をお祀りしてある。三重塔は後世の幸田文氏らの尽力で再建されたもの。斑鳩三塔巡りで参拝しました。