's a Buddhist temple in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Its full name's Hōryū Gakumonji (法隆学問寺), or Learning Temple of the Flourishing Law, named as such because the site serves as a seminary as well as a monastery. The temple's widely acknowledged to have one of the oldest wooden buildings existing in the world, and's one of the most celebrated temples in Japan. In 1993, Hōryū-ji was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the Japan… (More on Horyuji)