Kofuku-ji Temple
5 expert reviews
“As you walk east from either the JR or Kintetsu Station, this is the first temple you reach.”
– Frommer's
"The Kofuku-ji Temple's Five-Story Pagoda dominates the skyline." Full review
"This temple in Teramachi dates from the 1620s and is noted for the Ming architecture of the main hall. Like Sōfuku-ji, it is an Ōbaku Zen temple – and the oldest in Japan." Full review
"The best thing to see here is the temple's Treasure House (Kokuhokan), which displays many statues and works of art originally contained in the temple's buildings, many of them National Treasures." Full review