Horinji Temple

Beautiful pagoda

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 Sho...

Looks Better From A Distance

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 to...

What a con

I paid 500 yen to get into this temple and none of the buildings were open. I felt ripped off. It's very peaceful, there was nobody else there.

法輪寺・三井寺　［斑鳩］　Hōrinji / Miidera (Ikaruga)

Hōrinji’s foundation has been archeologically dated to the 7th century at the latest. At which time the temple’s 3-tier pagoda was built. But, regrettably, the pagoda burnt down completely in just 2 h...

It was a famous old temple.

Original Text

There are some temples with the same sound. Is there one of the same characters and sounds in Osaka Prefecture? This is a temple built by Prince Shotoku, the son of Prince Yamashiro Oebi. It conveys the Buddha statue of Asuka Heian and enshrines the star Buddha Myoken Bodhisattva. The three-storied pagoda was rebuilt with the efforts of Fumishi Koda and others in later generations. I worshiped around the Ikaruga Three Pagodas.