The Tozai Kairo is a semi-enclosed corridor. Its northern part was damaged and lost in an earthquake which struck the region in 1647, the other parts that survived the catastrophe remain without any alteration whatever since then.
Branching out from the two-bay wing walls, called Sodebe, of the Yomeimon to the east and the west, the Tozai Kairo surrounds the Honden on the south, the east and the west. The corridor extends 220 m in total. The southern part is decorated with 25 sculptured panels.
