Kamakura

Todaiji's Great South Gate, raised in 1199 by Chōgen in the Daibutsu-yō style: 18 full-height pillars, six-tier brackets, the Unkei-Kaikei guardians and free access.

The Akaiya below Todaiji's Nigatsudo, a late Kamakura building over the Wakasai well tapped at the 12 March Omizutori, and its tie to Obama's water-sending.

Todaiji's Nigatsudo Sanrosho, a ten-bay lodging of 1277-1282 tied to the monks of the Shunie retreat: its size, why it is listed and where to see it from.

Todaiji's Nigatsudo Busshoya, an early Kamakura building where offerings for the Nigatsudo are prepared, four centuries older than the hall it serves.

Todaiji's Nenbutsu Hall, a three-bay hall of 1237 enshrining a Jizō carved the same year: its stepped Genroku-era roof, its place on the bell hill and hours.

Todaiji's Hokkedo North Gate, a four-legged gate of 1240 beside the temple's oldest hall: how the form works, its place in the Kamakura rebuilding and how to see it.

Nanmyōji's main hall, near Nara, is a plain late-Kamakura building (1275-1332) sheltering three older Heian-period Buddhas. Designated in 1906; viewing now limited.

The sutra repository of Hannyaji in Nara, a plain gabled building of the late Kamakura period behind the stone pagoda, is one of few medieval sutra stores left.

The thirteen-storey stone pagoda of Hannyaji in Nara, completed in 1253 in the Kamakura revival of the temple, is designated together with two old finials.

The two-storey gate of Hannyaji in Nara, built around the 1260s with a single passage, is a well-proportioned Kamakura gate with rare Daibutsu-style mouldings.

The pagoda of Futaiji in Nara is the late Kamakura lower storey of a two-storey tahoto, now capped by a pyramidal roof, at the temple said to be founded by Narihira.

The south gate of Futaiji in Nara, a four-legged gate of 1317 with a gabled roof of full tiles, leads into the temple said to be founded by Ariwara no Narihira.

The Horyuji Temple Kaminomido Hall, rebuilt in 1318, houses a Heian Shaka Triad carved from cherry wood and opens only from November 1 to 3 each year.

The Horyuji Temple Saiendo Hall, an octagonal National Treasure rebuilt in 1250, keeps original foundation stones and a dry-lacquer Yakushi. Its February rite.

The Horyuji Temple Sankyoin and West Dormitory, a National Treasure rebuilt in 1231, joins a house-like lecture hall and a monks' dormitory in one 19-bay building.

The Horyuji Temple Shoryoin Hall, a National Treasure of 1284, grew out of the East Dormitory to enshrine Prince Shotoku. Its shrine cabinet and house-like plan.

The Horyuji Temple Shindo Hall, built in 1284, is a three-bay square hall with a rare wood-shingle roof, the oldest of its type at the temple. What to see outside.

The Horyuji Temple Eastern Precinct Corridors, built in 1237, enclose the octagonal Yumedono in two sections, part of the early Kamakura reshaping of the precinct.

The Horyuji Temple Eastern Precinct Four-Legged Gate, early Kamakura, opens in the west wall of the Eastern Precinct. How a four-legged gate works and what to see.

The Horyuji Temple Eastern Precinct Shariden and Edono, built in 1219, joins a relic hall and a picture hall under one roof. Its relic legend and New Year rite.