• Kofuku-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple, the headquarters of a Buddhist Hasso sect in Nara City, Nobori Oji town. It is counted by one of seven big temples in the south capital. It is the Fujiwara family related temple such as Fujiwara founder, Kamatari Fujiwara, his son, Fuhito Fujiwara and so on. Kofukuji is the Fujiwara's family temple and boasted of powerful power from ancient times to the Middle Ages. Nanendo, or South circular hall is the ninth note place in the 33 places in west countries. It is registered in World Heritage partially of "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara".

• There is no mountain title in Kofuku-ji Temple though it is one of the big temples that represent south capital Nara. It used to have the mountain tittle of Gachirinzan or Moon Ring Mountain but it has not been used now. When there happened grotesqueness such as the sudden gush of water etc. near South Main Gate where the mountain title of "Moon Ring Mountain hung. When it embarrassed it, there was a oracle with "It was marginate in the character edge water in the moon" in one monk's dream, and when the picture frame was removed, the phenomenon was installed right according to telling. Therefore, the mountain title was not used thereafter. "Picture frame mound" remains in the temple area assumed that the picture frame was buried.

Sarusawano-ike Pond of 360m in surroundings.	Three-Storied Pagoda (national treasure) was rebuilt soon after conflagration in 1180,		North circular hall (national treasure) - built in 721.
Current North circular hall was rebuilt in 1210	Kozenin Temple	South circular hall, created in 813, rebuilt in 1789	Backside of South circular hall.
Nanendo and Kozenin.	Connected with Nara Park.	East main hall was rebult in 1415.	Five-storied Pagoda, National treasure.
Five-storied pagoda was created by Empress Komyo in 730. Current pagoda was built in 1426. 50.8m in height second highest followed by Toji Temple as wooden tower.

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