Kawara-dera Temple (Asuka) has an asymmetric garan layout with one tower and two main halls; it has a central main hall in front of the Chumon, a west main hall on its left and a pagoda on its right, and can be regarded as an Asuka-dera Temple garan layout without an east main hall.
川原寺（飛鳥）-中門を入ると正面に中金堂、左に西金堂、右に塔が建つ1塔2金堂の左右非対称の伽藍配置で、飛鳥寺伽藍配置の東金堂を省略したものとも考えられる。