The pagoda
On the temple axis.
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A Buddhist temple in Tennōji whose name means «Temple of the Four Heavenly Kings», sometimes regarded as the first Buddhist temple and the oldest state-administered temple in Japan. Prince Shōtoku commissioned it in the 6th century as part of a national project to spread Buddhism, inviting three carpenters from the Korean kingdom of Baekje to lead the building. Its buildings have been rebuilt many times over the centuries, most recently in 1963. The main buildings stand in a straight line from south to north (the middle gate, the five-storey pagoda, the Golden Hall and the Lecture Hall) inside a roofed corridor, one of the oldest temple layouts in Japan. The Golden Hall holds a Buddha statue, and gardens and ponds with turtles surround the temple, with a large stone torii at the west entrance, per visitor guides. The outer grounds are free; the central precinct costs about 500 yen and opens 8:30-16:30 (16:00 in winter), per visitor guides.
On the temple axis.
Around the halls.
In the garden.
Tennōji ward
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