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though there are many buildings on the yakushi-ji (薬師寺) grounds, only the east pagoda, to-to (東塔), has survived wars and fires since the 8th century. formerly an imperial temple, yakushi-ji still serves as a site of buddhist worship.
like gango-ji and other temples located in asuka, yakushi-ji was moved from there to nara when it became the new capital of japan.
though it is unclear if kozan-ji (高山寺) was built around 774 as legend tells, we do know that this temple was built during the nara period, which lasted from 710 until 794. it was in 794 that the capital of japan moved to kyoto. there are many national treasures and important cultural properties in konzan-ji. these include the oldest chinese character dictionary in japan, the only remaining copies in the world of buddhist tales from 7th or 8th century china, and many statues from the kamakura period.
but kozan-ji is most famous for its choju-jinbutsu-giga (鳥獣人物戯画), japan’s first anime! :) photographs of the scrolls were not allowed, but there are several good images in this wikipedia link. the originals are at the kyoto and tokyo national museums.