 Hōryū-ji, the world's oldest wooden structure, was found to have in 2001 a shinbashira from a tree felled in 594 CE.Their examples continue in impending centuries in other "tō" (塔, pagoda) like the Hokkiji in Nara in 8th century, and Kaijūsenji of Kyoto.The pillar structure is made out of straight trunks of Japanese cypress ("hinoki").