s Shrine, Temple and Residence Construction ... roof of Izumo Taisha’s main hall. The strips of Japanese cypress bark used for its thatched roof are about 1.6 times the length of conventional ...

Walking up the stone steps and entering the red gate, a colorfully decorated building comes into view below the glaring golden roof ... others living in Japan visit the temple as a place of ...

Coming to Japan became difficult ... connections and romantic fulfilment. The golden roof of a building at the Qambalin Tibetan Buddhist temple sparkles in Nagoya's Moriyama Ward on Dec.