which it virtually disappears from history for two centuries. The Noto Kokubun-ji burned down after its pagoda caught fire due to lightning in 883. It reappeared briefly in 1532, when records indicate that Hatakeyama Yoshifusa, lord of Nanao Castle made a donation of one koku of rice to the temple, but it disappeared from the historical record again soon thereafter. The site is now an archaeological park, where visitors can see the foundations of the Nara-period buildings, and with reconstructions of some of the gates and walls of the temple complex and a small museum, the . The temple site is about seven minutes by car from Nanao Station on the JR West Nanao Line. See also List of Historic Sites of Japan (Ishikawa) provincial temple References External links Nanao city official site Historic Sites of Japan Nanao, Ishikawa Noto Province 9th-century establishments in Japan Nara period Buddhist archaeological sites in Japan