[1] Suematsu temple ruins a located in a paddy field near the delta of the Tedori River at an elevation of 38 metres (125 ft).

From the Edo period, farmers uncovered a very large foundation stone, called the "Karato stone" and many fragments of roof tiles and pottery in the area, so the presence of a ruined temple was known for a long time.

The clan who built the temple is thought to be the "Michi-no-kimi", who ruled the northern portion of Kaga Province during the Hakuho period; however, the roof tiles from the temple came from what is now the city of Nomi, Ishikawa, which was under the control of the Takarabe Miyatsuko.

The foundation of the Kondō measuring 20 x 18 meters, a portion of the surrounding walls, and the foundations of three smaller buildings were also discovered, indicating that the temple had a layout with the Kondō to the east and the pagoda to the west, similar to that of the temple of Hokki-ji in Ikaruga, Nara.

The temple's east-to-west scale was 80 meters; however its extent in the north-to-south direction is unknown, and the foundations of the South Gate remains to be discovered.