A two-storey Niō Gate flanked by stone lanterns stands atop a dozen steps up from the road. There’s a belfry on the left, then the Daishi Hall and a small Kannon Hall next to it. In the Daishi Hall is a statue of Kūkai, with Kūkai’s Ten Principal Disciples in a side sanctuary.

The temple  office is on the right, with a water basin in front of it. There’s a well said to be dug by Kūkai and a shrine with a Jizo stone statue on the left. Further along to the right are the priest’s quarters and guest hall with an eleven-faced Kannon statue, the oldest statue in the temple.

A long flight of steps leads up to another level with the main hall directly in front of you, and to the left, a Goma Hall. The main hall has images of Yakushi Nyorai, deities of the sun and moon, and the twelve heavenly generals. There are also statues of Fudō Myōō, Bishamonten, the dragon god Kurikara and Dainichi Nyorai. The ceiling painting of the inner temple shows the 88 principal idols in Shikoku, and the ceiling painting of the outer temple has many flowers. In the Goma Hall are statues of Fudō Myōō, Dainichi Nyorai, the infant Prince Shōtoku, En no Gyōja, Kūkai, and Fudō Myōō.

In the main hall, you can see inscriptions left by Frederick Starr. There’s also a wooden box that was used by Tsutsui Fukuji, a blacksmith from Kōchi, to bring his 31-year old son Rinnosuke to Byōdō-ji in 1923. Rinnosuke was crippled with a spinal disease, and Fukuji hoped that Yakushi Nyorai, deity of healing, would cure his son.  After staying four weeks, Rinnosuke was so much improved that he could walk with a pilgrim’s staff. The box originally had three wheels and a handle on the front to pull it along.