Enryakuji’s main hall to be restored in Edo Period colors
OTSU—The main hall of Enryakuji temple, a national treasure here on Mount Hieizan, will be restored to its Edo Period ...
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Asakusa arcade gets shiny new roof (vertical video)
A shopping street leading to the Tokyo tourist hotspot of Sensoji Temple in Asakusa has a new copper roof for the first time since the end of WWII. Its sparkling hues will eventually take on a ...
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Tokyo's Asakusa shopping arcade gets new roof
A total of 7,100 copper plates have been used to cover the roof. Its reddish-brown color is expected to gradually turn bluish-green through the action of rust. Moriyama Yujun, a Sensoji Temple ...
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As sales of Japan temples and shrines surge, a crackdown on bad-faith buyers
SANBAGAWA, Gunma Prefecture--Benmou Suzuki’s dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest near a tiny Japanese mountain village, hardly looks like prized real estate. Yet the monk ...