Horyuji is known for having the oldest wooden buildings in the world and was first registered in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage in Japan in 1993. Wooden buildings from around the 7th century of the
Horyuji temple have been repaired every few hundred years and cathedral has been maintained. The cypress which is used for the construction is the wood suitable for the climate of dense, crazy less Japan, and has been repaired in the form of removing only damaged place, and taking advantage of other large members as it is, and keeps the building exceeding 1000 years.
Also, the beautiful five-storey pagoda with a sense of stability is superior in the architectural structure, and there is no record of the collapse due to the earthquake in the earthquake power and Japan, and it is applied to the heart pillar system of the latest Japan radio Tower "Tokyo Sky Tree".

The shrine is dedicated to Sugawara Michizane as a tutelary god of the old Horyuji village. It was originally built inside the Horyuji temple precinct in the 10th century by the priest Tansho, temple master of the time and descendant of Sugawara Michizane, and was later moved to the present place. Autumn Festival is held at this shrine in the middle of October every year, and during the festival, “Otabishyo” (portable shrine) is installed inside the Horyuji temple precinct.

Horinji Temple, which is also known as Mii-dera Temple, is said to have been built by Prince Yamashiro, son of Prince Shotoku, for his father’s recovery from illness. The original three-story pagoda was burnt down by lightening in 1944, and was rebuilt in 1975.

There is a village behind Horinji Temple called “Mii”, which literally means “three wells”. The name of “Mii” was derived from an ancient document describing that Prince Shotoku dug three wells in the old Horinji temple precinct to use in the first bath for his babies. The excavation conducted in 1932 measured about 4.25 meters in depth and 91 centimeters in the upper diameter. The structure is composed of a combination of four stones at the bottom in a square, and water springs through the gaps between them. The sidewall is cylindrical in shape with some swelling around the mid-section. Stones were randomly built up to the level of 1.15 meters from the bottom, and then fan-shaped tiles were piled up to the end about 3 meters. It is presumed that there was a considerably close relation between Horinji temple and this well.

The tumulus with about 30 meters in diameter is on a hill called “Okano-hara. It is said to be the tumulus of Prince Yamashiro, son of Prince Shotoku. It was designated as a Reference Imperial Tumulus by the Imperial Household Agency in 1897.

There is a village behind Horinji Temple called “Mii”, which literally means “three wells”. The name of “Mii” was derived from an ancient document describing that Prince Shotoku dug three wells in the old Horinji temple precinct to use in the first bath for his babies. The excavation conducted in 1932 measured about 4.25 meters in depth and 91 centimeters in the upper diameter. The structure is composed of a combination of four stones at the bottom in a square, and water springs through the gaps between them. The sidewall is cylindrical in shape with some swelling around the mid-section. Stones were randomly built up to the level of 1.15 meters from the bottom, and then fan-shaped tiles were piled up to the end about 3 meters. It is presumed that there was a considerably close relation between Horinji temple and this well.

The temple is registered as a World Heritage site with Horyuji Temple, and the triple tower in the country is one of the typical landscapes of Ikaruga. The plane dimensions are almost identical to the first heavy, triple and quintet of the Horyuji Pagoda, and it is considered to be the oldest triple tower in existence in Japan that has been erected in 706 years.

The present Chuguji Temple is located on the east side of the Horyuji eastern precinct,
but it was originally located about 400 meters east of it. To distinguish it from the present Chuguji Temple, it is called “Chuguji Temple Ruins”. The excavation confirmed that the main hall and the pagoda were built in a straight line, which is called “Shitennoji-style arrangement” that is the same arrangement as the Ikarugadera Temple (Wakakusa Garan) built by Prince Shotoku. However, it seems to be an incomplete temple because no lecture hall and chorister were found. It was designated as a National Historic Site in 1990 and 2001.

This temple is said to have been built by Prince Shotoku for his mother, Empress Anahobe no Hashihito. The mysterious smile of the temple's statue of a bodhisattva in the half-lotus position is esteemed as one of the world's three great smiles.

The Kuse Kannon (Avalokitesvara the Savior, a national treasure) is enshrined in Hakkakuendo, which was built on the former site of Prince Shotoku's Ikaruga Palace. The Kuse Kannon is a Buddhist image with the body proportions of Prince Shotoku that is normally withheld from public view.

Horyuji is known for having the oldest wooden buildings in the world and was first registered in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage in Japan in 1993. Wooden buildings from around the 7th century of the
Horyuji temple have been repaired every few hundred years and cathedral has been maintained. The cypress which is used for the construction is the wood suitable for the climate of dense, crazy less Japan, and has been repaired in the form of removing only damaged place, and taking advantage of other large members as it is, and keeps the building exceeding 1000 years.
Also, the beautiful five-storey pagoda with a sense of stability is superior in the architectural structure, and there is no record of the collapse due to the earthquake in the earthquake power and Japan, and it is applied to the heart pillar system of the latest Japan radio Tower "Tokyo Sky Tree".