Mōtsūji Temple Eastern Gate Site
Excavations and repairs on the Great Spring Pond (Ōizumi ga Ike) revealed the site of the original Eastern Gate of Mōtsūji. During the twelfth century, the gate stood along the eastern side of an earthen-walled enclosure, and led out to a wide, open area where a roofed structure for the ox-carts often used by aristocrats was located. The Eastern Gate was said to have been the commonly used entrance.