What other travelers are saying about Horyu-ji Temple
Came out here due to UNESCO world heritage status, and it was great. 1300 year old wooden temple, the oldest wooden temple in the world. There is hundreds of national treasures and cultural heritage items here related to the buddha, heavenly kings, and the founder of Buddism in Japan.
The temples are beautiful, the artifacts are amazing (no photos of artifacts allowed). Admission was 1500円 and allowed access to 3 paid portions. There was another two sections that cost extra around 500円 each.
Not many foreign tourists on a Saturday mostly Japanese tourists. Not insanely busy like Kyoto.
Overall highly recommend.
A beautiful Horyuji Temple. The wooden architecture of the temple is amazing. This temple is a cultural treasure of Japan. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, with the oldest wooden buildings in the world. There are very few foreign tourists, I honestly don't know why, but you should visit this beautiful place at least once in your life. Allow at least 2 hours for the tour. It is definitely a place you will want to visit again.
This is an ancient Buddhist shrine with frescos and statues. It is considered as one of the most significant temples in Japan. It is one of the oldest temples in Japan. It has several historical structures including world's oldest surviving wooden buildings on its grounds. It is home to unique cultural centre which has old artifacts and paintings. Some of them are designated as national treasures or World Heritage sites.
A little known part of Nara that sees considerably fewer visitations from the tourist spots in the city center, as a result what you’ve got is a surreal and quiet expanse of land and the oldest wooden structure in the world! It’s a beautiful place to take photos and just take a walk while reimagining what the mindset of Prince Shotoku who was known to have prayed in this temple and is renowned for the formulation of Japan’s first constitution and eventual spread of Buddhism which was imported from China.
