Hōrai (鳳来町, Hōrai-chō) was a town located in Minamishitara District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

Some 90 percent of the village area was covered in mountains and forest, and most was within the borders of the Aichi Kōgen Quasi-National Park Hōraiji village was created in the early Meiji period cadastral reform on 1878, but has existed since at least the Muromachi period as a monzen machi to the mountain cult temple of Hōrai-ji.

On October 1, 2005, Hōrai, along with the village of Tsukude (also from Minamishitara District), was merged into the expanded city of Shinshiro and has ceased to exist as an independent municipality.

Mount Horai, Aichi is a climbing area located just north of Shinshiro.

According to the priests in charge of the many shrines on Mount Horai, this would greatly upset the numerous spirits that visit the forest.