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Kairyuoji Temple
Category: Temple

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Early in the 8th century, Kairyuoji-temple was built closest to Heijō Palace at the wish of Empress Kōmyō to serve as an invocation for a safe passage of Japanese envoys voyaging to Tang Dynasty China. The beautiful standing statue of the eleven-faced Kannon Bosatsu (Important Cultural Property) is housed in the main building, or hondō, and the elaborate five-story miniature pagoda (National Treasure) is housed in the West Golden Hall, or saikon-dō.

Address:

897 Hokkeji kitamachi, Nara

Access:

14 minutes by bus from JR Nara Station.
11 minutes by bus from Kintetsu Nara Station.
○near the Hokkeji bus stop
8 minutes by bus from Kintetsu Yamato-Saidaiji Station
○near the Hokkeji bus stop