It may have come as rather a surprise to some that Horyuji, located 14 km southwest of the city of Nara, should have been selected ahead of obviously much more famous Kyoto — and indeed Nara itself.

IKARUGA, Nara Prefecture--Horyuji temple here will hold a limited public showing in May of its precious Buddhist mural paintings, which were scorched in a fire at the Kondo main hall in 1949 ...

IKARUGA, Nara Prefecture—Japan’s oldest Buddhist paintings moved a step forward to their first public display since they were badly damaged in a 1949 fire at Horyuji temple here. But it could ...

Tucked away in the northwest corner of the Ueno grounds of the Tokyo National Museum stands the Gallery of Horyuji Treasures, a modern structure with straight lines of glass and steel, fronted by a ...

Horyuji Temple, A small drive down the town, in the Kansai region, is this world heritage UNESCO site― Horyuji Temple, Nara. Situated in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture of Japan, the temple is sprawled ...

IKARUGA, Nara -- Ancient murals that were damaged in a 1949 fire at Horyuji temple in this west Japan town have been unveiled for the first time in 27 years, with limited viewings beginning on Nov ...

Horyuji Temple in Nara is one of Japan's most important Buddhist temples, founded by the legendary Prince Shotoku in the year 607 and hosting one of the oldest wooden buildings in the world ...

That’s why we’re pretty excited that Nara inn Waqoo Horyuji is offering a new hotel plan called the “Adult School Trip Plan”, which includes not only a stay just outside Horyuji Temple, one of Nara’s ...

Monks dust off Buddhist statues in the Kondo main hall at Horyuji temple in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, on Dec. 8, 2023. (Mainichi/Ai Kawahira)=Click/tap photo for more images. IKARUGA, Nara -- An ...

Horyuji, a Buddhist temple in Nara with one of the oldest wooden structures in the world, was struck by a fire in 1949, which severely damaged several 1,300-year-old murals from the Asuka period ...