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Kawachidera temple ruins

Higashiōsaka-shi, Japan

The Kawachi-dera ruins (Kawachidera Haiji ato), is an archaeological site with the ruins of an Asuka period Buddhist temple located in the Kawachi neighborhood of the city of Higashiōsaka, Osaka, Japan. The temple no longer exists, but the temple grounds were designated as a National Historic Site in 2008 with the area under protection expanded in 2016.

Monument data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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