 Horyu-ji, Golden Hall (Kondô) | ||
| Ikaruga | ||
| prefecture | Nara | |
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| Residents | 27.330 (2021) | |
| height | unknown | |
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Ikaruga (斑鳩) is a small town in the prefecture Nara, it is located about 15 km southwest of Nara.
background
getting there
By plane
By train
- JR Kansai main line: 1 Horyuji station
By bus
In the street
Ikaruga is about 40 km away from Osaka, to Kyoto it is about 55 km
mobility
Map of Ikaruga
Tourist Attractions
View to the southern entrance gate (Nandaimon)
The temple complex Horyu-ji and Hokki-ji have been part of the UNESCO world cultural heritage
Horyu-ji
- 1 Horyu-ji (Temple of the Exalted Law)
The Hōryū-ji is the oldest largely preserved Buddhist temple complex in Japan. It consists of a western district Sai-in Garan and an eastern district Tô'in Garan. The temple complex was built around 605 AD. built. After a fire in 670, it was rebuilt and gradually expanded.
- Western district:
- Nandaiomon (Great South Gate). You enter the western part through the Nandaimon (Great South Gate), it was built in 1439. It is a one-story building that is divided into three room units.
- Chûmon, gateway to the central temple area
- Kairô, foyer, cloister
- Kondô (Golden Hall), the actual main hall of the facility. Built around 700 and thus the oldest wooden building in the world
- Gojûnotô, five-story pagoda
- Daikôdô, large lecture hall, built around 990
- Sutras library (kyôzô)
- Bell tower (shôrô)
- Western garden hall
- The Shôryô-in, memorial hall, which is dedicated to the memory of Shôtoku Taishi, was built in 1284. The wooden figures, however, date from 1121 and depict Shôtoku and people from his environment, who are dressed in the courtly costume of that time. The attached Higashimuro building dates from the 7th century. It is the oldest surviving building of a monk's quarter in Japan.
- The Sangyô-in was built in 1231.
- Upper hall
- Eastern district
- Daihōzōden (Treasury), modern building,
- Tôdaimon (east gate) border between west and east district
- Yumedono (Hall of Dream)
- Reliquary Hall
- Denpô-dô, Hall of Buddhist Teachings
- Nunnery
Hokki-ji
- 2 Hokki-ji. The temple was founded in 638. The only originally preserved building is the three-storey pagoda from the year 708, it is also the oldest pagoda in the country. The lecture hall was reconstructed in 1694, the Shoten-do hall in 1863.
Chugu-ji
- 3 Chugu-ji. The monastery was founded in the 7th century. The wooden statue is worth seeing Miroku Bosatsu from the 7th century and the silk embroidery of the Tenjukoku Shūchō Mandala.
Fujinoki kofun
Fujinoki kofun
- 4 Fujinoki kofun. A Kofun is a burial mound or tumulus. The Kofun culture Lasted in Japan from about AD 300. until 700 AD The Fujinoki kofun has a diameter of 40-48 m, it is 9 m high, its actual burial chamber is 16 m long. The excavations began in 1985. In addition to a stone coffin, gilded bronze jewelry and harness such as saddles, stirrups, etc. were found in the tomb.
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Web links
- https://www.town.ikaruga.nara.jp/ (Yes) - Official website of Ikaruga
